Phil A. McMunigal

Brandywine Global strives to provide investors with competitive risk-adjusted long-term performance relative to the relevant index. The firm offers an array of equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios that invest in US, international, and global markets. Accounts are primarily constructed based on bottom-up stock selection although several of their portfolios, specifically global portfolios, include top-down/macro considerations.

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Rorer Asset Management offers four types of investment accounts including large-cap equity, mid-cap equity, balanced and fixed-income. They specialize in investments in domestic large/mid cap value equities and fixed-income securities. They use a relative value investment process to reduce performance volatility while achieving targeted risk-adjusted returns across investment cycles. After Rorer's equity screening process is complete, fundamental and economic analysis is performed on those companies that meet the relative valuation, earnings momentum and portfolio guidelines. This analysis includes, but is not limited to, discussions with corporate management, interviews with one or more Wall Street analysts who closely track the company and a thorough review of all fundamental data. Lastly, they evaluate macroeconomic factors including business cycle analysis and the expected direction of interest rates before initiating the purchase of any security. Their sell process seeks to realize substantial profits after they have been earned or to conserve capital when necessary. An upside price objective is established at the time of purchase. This price target is set at a level that the stock is reasonably expected to achieve within an 18-24 month period. Alternatively, a stock will be sold if its fundamentals fail to meet expectations or if its position exceeds their industry and position weighting limits. Rorer's fixed-income process begins by analyzing economic and market conditions. Rorer seeks to capitalize on this analysis by being longer, neutral or shorter than their index as conditions dictate. Rorer also seeks to control the portfolio's volatility by adhering to a duration boundary defined by a 20% range over or under the duration of the index, measured in years.

MLAM's worldwide approach to equity investing uses a philosophy of identifying relative value among individual stocks and stock markets by focusing primarily on two variables: reinvestment rate and the price-to-book value ratio. There are seven additional screens employed to further refine the process. The factors used to identify value include price-to-cash flow, price-to-earnings ratios, past and future earnings growth and dividend payouts. For asset allocation, a country whose market valuation measurements seem consistently above or below world averages or its own historical averages are over or under-weighted accordingly. The degrees of over or under-weighting are determined by relative economic prospects as measured by the outlook for GNP, inflation and interest rates of each country and their impact on currency movements. By combining a value approach to individual stock selection with asset allocation by country, the firm seeks to achieve consistent performance relative to international equity indexes. MLAM combines top-down and bottom-up analysis and uses proprietary models as part of their research process. Their funds are team-managed.

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