Barry Evans

Operates as a bank

MIML’s expertise covers a full range of asset classes including equity, fixed income and alternative investments. The firm offers a broad range of investment strategies with differentiated investment processes driven by fundamental research. Their equity strategies span Canadian, US, Global/International, Asian and European regions and include a range of market-caps and investment styles. MIML’s fixed income process utilizes multiple sources of alpha supported by a fundamental, research-driven investment approach. The firm offers alternative investment strategies that focus on timber, agriculture, real estate, private equity & mezzanine, oil and gas, private placement debt, and commercial mortgage loans. Their offerings also include liability-driven investments, balanced and asset allocation strategies.

Declaration Management & Research is a fixed income asset manager specializing in structured finance and credit, including asset-backed securities ("ABS"), mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) (such as privately issued residential mortgage-backed securities ("RMBS"), commercial mortgage-backed securities ("CMBS"), and U.S. government agency-issued residential mortgage-backed securities ("Agency MBS")), corporate bonds and distressed credit. The investment approach they take when implementing any of their investment strategies may involve a relative value, value and/or absolute value style.

Within each investment style, JHA employs a team approach to portfolio management. These teams have relative autonomy for making investment decisions within the strategies' objectives and client guidelines. Each investment team member specializes in an industry or group of industries. A bottom-up investment approach emphasizes detailed fundamental analysis. All portfolio managers perform research and contribute ideas, and the entire investment staff meets daily to exchange market perspectives and investment ideas.

Manulife IM-US utilizes a broad range of equity, fixed income, currency and asset allocation approaches. They manage differentiated investment processes and place an emphasis on proprietary fundamental research but may also employ quantitative analysis. The firm’s equity investment research combines quantitative and qualitative bottom-up fundamental analysis. Their fixed income management teams engage in intensive fundamental research and analysis, both top-down and bottom-up, to assess potential investment opportunities.