About the Authors

William W. Priest is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Epoch Investment Partners. Prior to co-founding Epoch in 2004 with David Pearl, Tim Taussig, and Phil Clark, Bill was a Co-Managing Partner and portfolio manager at Steinberg Priest & Sloane Capital Management, LLC for three years. Before joining Steinberg Priest, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse Asset Management-Americas and CEO and portfolio manager of its predecessor firm BEA Associates, which he co-founded in 1972. During his 30-year tenure at BEA and CSAM, he developed the firm into a well-recognized investment manager with over $100 billion under management. Bill is the author of several published articles and papers on investing and finance, as well as two books: The Financial Reality of Pension Funding Under ERISA and more recently, Free Cash Flow and Shareholder Yield: New Priorities for the Global Investor, published by John Wiley & Sons. Bill holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, is a former CPA, and a graduate of Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Barron’s Roundtable.

Steven D. Bleiberg is a Managing Director of Epoch Investment Partners. Steven is responsible for the design and development of investment strategies at Epoch, and also serves as a portfolio manager for the firm’s Capital Reinvestment strategy. Prior to ...

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