Steve Larson

Principal AM has divided their investment management operations into several unique boutiques. The equities boutiques render advice primarily for equity securities. They utilize internally generated fundamental research that focuses on bottom-up stock selection within a sophisticated comparative framework. The fixed income boutique renders advice primarily for debt securities. Their currency boutiques render advice for active and passive currency. Applying a fundamental-discretionary, macroeconomic theme-based investment approach to portfolio management, the strategies include absolute return as well as base currency hedging strategies.

Winslow invests in growth equities through its equity investments and alternative investments strategies. The firm generally endeavors to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors as part of investment research and portfolio construction.

Principal AM has divided their investment management operations into several unique boutiques. The equities boutiques render advice primarily for equity securities. They utilize internally generated fundamental research that focuses on bottom-up stock selection within a sophisticated comparative framework. The fixed income boutique renders advice primarily for debt securities. Their currency boutiques render advice for active and passive currency. Applying a fundamental-discretionary, macroeconomic theme-based investment approach to portfolio management, the strategies include absolute return as well as base currency hedging strategies.

AFM uses a variety of methods to analyze securities and offers a broad array of investment strategies to manage assets or formulate investment advice, although for many client relationships, they have contracted with sub-advisor's day-to-day portfolio management services. The investment strategies that they offer include equity, fixed income, options overlay and money market-oriented strategies. Their strategies invest in a wide variety of financial instruments, including public and/or private equity securities, bonds and other debt securities, REITS, derivatives such as stock index futures and swaps, currency and currency related derivatives and other public and/or private collective investment vehicles.

USBAM’s investment process strives to preserve principal, maintain liquidity, manage risk to client parameters, and produce returns commensurate with client goals. The firm primarily utilizes fundamental analysis in managing client assets. They focus on taxable and tax-exempt high-quality fixed income securities with investment objectives of safety, liquidity, diversification and yield.

Arbor Capital Management is an aggressive growth manager that focuses on investments in US small-cap stocks. The firm uses bottom-up analysis to identify stocks with strong cash flows, positive annual revenue growth, stable or improving margins, positive ROE and experienced management teams. Portfolios are benchmarked against the Russell 2000 index. Arbor Capital Management will sell a stock if fundamentals deteriorate, the stock becomes overvalued or if there is a change in their investment thesis.