Anne Yobage

Cardinal Capital Management engages in a buy and hold investment strategy that focuses on investments in domestic micro-cap, small-cap and SMID-cap value equities. The firm buys securities and holds them for a relatively long period of time, regardless of short-term factors such as fluctuations in the market or volatility of the stock price. From time to time, however, Cardinal may hold securities for significantly shorter periods of time. The firm searches for investment opportunities within inefficient market niches with emphasis on companies emerging from bankruptcy or corporate restructurings such as spin-offs. They seek to identify companies that are not yet well known or are underfollowed, and to develop opinions on out-of-favor companies businesses. Cardinal also investigates corporate events that often signal undervaluation by tracking large share repurchase activity, significant insider buying and announcements that companies are pursuing strategic alternatives.

Deltec is primarily an unleveraged, long-only manager. The firm specializes in implementing actively managed investment strategies with the objective of earning positive absolute returns. Their strategies are all based on the fundamental research of individual securities. Emphasis is placed on the securities of issuers that operate in out-of-favor sectors and/or securities that are poorly understood or underfollowed.

Engaged in investment banking, brokerage and trading

Pugh Capital's investment philosophy is rooted in the belief that fixed income inefficiencies can be exploited over a market cycle and that volatility provides opportunity. Their goal is to surpass clients’ expectations related to risk management and consistent risk-adjusted returns. The firm’s investment process is designed to capitalize on market inefficiencies while providing capital preservation and downside risk protection. The process combines top-down macro views, bottom-up fundamental research, downside risk management, and ongoing process enhancements. Investment ideas are developed through this process, with responsibility shared by the CIO, portfolio managers and analysts. A key differentiator of theit process is their boutique model and team-based approach, which helps ensure that all perspectives are heard.

Functions as a College/University

AXA IM-US is an active, long-term, global, multi-asset manager that aims to help them preserve and grow their client’s wealth. The firm’s investment philosophy is predicated upon the idea that long-term returns are built through the compounding of income earned over time and the avoidance of principal losses. Their investment process consists of three major components centered on assessing, valuing and managing risk. AXA IM-US aims to balance bottom-up (idiosyncratic) and top-down (systemic and market-related) risks against return opportunities. Their integrated investment process utilizes both quantitative and qualitative processes to construct portfolios.

SKY Harbor offers investment opportunities in their flagship strategies — Broad High Yield Market and Short Duration High Yield — as well as customized leveraged credit solutions for Fixed Income investing. Each approach employs disciplined security selection, proprietary risk positioning and quantitative tools designed to identify income potential and manage the risks associated with non-investment-grade portfolios. The firm seeks superior long-term returns built through the compounding of income over time and the avoidance of principal losses.