John Gabriel Abunassar

AAM is organized around nine investment style teams. While subscribing to a common overall investment philosophy of portfolio style diversification and a common top-down economic outlook, each team functions with an investment boutique orientation, supporting research, portfolio management and portfolio construction processes unique to its specialized investment style. Each investment style team consists of portfolio managers, analysts and administrative support personnel. There are seven equity investment style teams, reflecting the specializations of large/mid/small-cap growth, large/small-cap value, the S&P 500 index and international securities. Two fixed-income teams are organized around taxable and tax-exempt fixed-income management. The fixed income teams consist of specialists in treasury/agency, corporate, mortgage, asset backed and municipal securities, as well as a credit analysis staff. The fixed-income team supports the investment styles of aggregate, intermediate government/corporate, intermediate tax exempt, GNMA, 1-3 year government/corporate and short duration/liquidity securities.

A team of portfolio managers, research analysts and traders is responsible for the management of each equity portfolio. They employ a bottom-up approach, using proprietary research to analyze and evaluate securities on a stock-by-stock basis. The research process begins with a diverse universe of companies. For each company in the universe, analysts develop earnings and revenue estimates. The analysts use those forecasts to calculate 13 value, growth and risk variables, which are used to rank each stock. Using the forecast and ranking information, the analysts then code the stocks on a 5-point scale - from 1, which is the most attractive to 5, which is the least attractive. The equity teams review the recommendations and create an overall assessment of the stock. The teams select stocks for the portfolios that are attractively priced with improving fundamentals. In choosing fixed income securities, BOIA seeks to avoid market timing and interest rate speculation in favor of strategies providing more consistent value over time. The teams construct the portfolios by using a process that combines specific security selection with macro bond market factors. The firm's fixed income teams actively manage all aspects of the fixed income market using risk-management techniques to minimize volatility and add value through yield curve, sector, issue and duration decisions.

National City Bank Asset Management's investment management philosophy is based on active market analysis that includes close monitoring of the current economic cycle, demographics, relative prices and monetary and fiscal policies. Their investment approach consists of diversification and asset allocation, tax efficiency and fundamental research

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Guidance Capital is structured as research organization. The firm designs hedged vehicles and researches fund managers. They develop and manage multi-manager fund of hedge fund products. Guidance Capital manages several hedge funds including the Green Terrain Funds (absolute return funds), the Blue Terrain Funds (equity long/short) and the Managed Futures Fund. Clients can either invest directly in the specific strategy or through allocation funds that invest in specific strategy funds.

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William Blair-IM is an active investment manager that utilizes a variety of methods and strategies to make investment decisions and recommendations. When evaluating investment opportunities, they employ fundamental and technical research methods using various resources.

William Blair is an active investment manager which employs disciplined, analytical research processes across a wide range of strategies, including US equity, non-US equity, and emerging markets debt. The firm employs both fundamental and technical research methods when evaluating investment opportunities.