Arthur Hurley

Columbia Management Advisors invests in the US public equity and debt markets. They focus on growth and value stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies selected on the basis of a top-down approach and thematic and fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to create their equity portfolio mix. The firm benchmarks the performance of its equity portfolios against the S&P 500 Index. Columbia Management Advisors invests in short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term high-quality debt instruments including treasuries, mortgage-backed securities, municipal bonds, agency bonds and asset backed securities to create their debt portfolio mix. The firm uses a combination of their equity and debt strategies to manage balanced portfolios and benchmarks performance against the S&P 500 Index and Lehman Aggregate Index. Though not limited by sector, the firm tends to invests in the stocks of large-cap companies in the technology, energy minerals and consumer non-durables sectors. They maintain a low turnover rate.

The Tuckerman Group employs direct real estate investment strategies that focus exclusively on a value-added or opportunistic orientation. The firm targets value-added investments in real estate development and redevelopment projects including the redevelopment, renovation and rehabilitation of existing office, retail, multi-family and mixed-use properties throughout the US. The firm also offers investment strategies that focus on investments in securities issued by real estate companies. Tuckerman manages both active and passive US REIT strategies that include institutional commingled funds and client separate accounts for both US and international investors. In addition, Tuckerman offers a European real estate securities index strategy that seeks to provide institutional investors a liquid and diversified passive exposure to the European real estate securities market. The firm created the EPRA Liquid 40 Index, which includes the 40 most liquid European real estate securities and maintains the geographic and property sector diversification of the broader EPRA European benchmark. Tuckerman also constructed a customized, liquid EPRA ex-UK Index, which allows investors to independently manage their exposure to the predominant country of the region. The firm offers a global liquid real estate securities index strategy. They created a customized liquid global index that meets minimal trading and liquidity requirements, but maintains the important diversification characteristics of the broader global real estate securities universe. Investors can independently allocate exposure to the six geographical regions that comprise the global real estate securities index.

SSgA FM utilizes several methods of investment analysis across a wide array of investment strategies when formulating investment advice or managing assets. The firm does not rely on one type of investment analysis over another and does not recommend one particular type of security. They seek to utilize the most prudent methods of investment analysis based upon certain characteristics of the investment strategy and the current market conditions, as applicable.

Functions as a College/University

LMCG applies various portfolio construction and risk assessment skills in managing portfolios across a broad risk/return spectrum. The firm utilizes a combination of top-down and bottom-up analysis and both fundamental and quantitative tools to construct their portfolios. Core investment capabilities include global equity, fixed income, and absolute return/relative value credit.

Bank of America-PB offers investment strategies primarily involving fixed income securities and specialty asset classes. The firm employs an active approach to bond investing, seeking to take advantage of market volatility, sector rotation, and security selection.

Provides banking services

CMIA manages no-load mutual funds and separate client-focused equity, fixed-income and balanced portfolios. The firm invests in the growth and value stocks of small-cap, mid-cap and large-cap domestic and international companies. Their investment strategy combines a top-down approach and thematic and fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock selection process. CMIA’s fixed-income investments focus on short-term, intermediate-term and long-term high-quality debt instruments including US Treasuries, MBS, ABS, municipal bonds and agency bonds. Their balanced investment approach is a blend of their equity and debt strategies. Portfolios are benchmarked against the S&P 500 Index and the Barclays Capital Aggregate Index (formerly the Lehman Aggregate Index).