Kevin Broglio

Wasatch develops a fundamental, bottom-up research method that focuses on the long-term growth potential of companies and finding market inefficiencies. The firm initially focused on investing in the stocks of companies with small market capitalizations, and over time has organically evolved into additional asset classes. They select investments for clients based solely on investment considerations, including whether the investments are suitable for the client and consistent with the client’s investment objectives and guidelines.

Thrivent utilizes certain general assumptions relating to the market and interest and other rates including, but not limited to, rates of investment performance, inflation rates and tax rates. The firm invests client assets in a variety of securities, including but not limited to, listed and unlisted stocks, ETF, ETNs, bonds, certain open-end mutual funds (load-waived and no-load), closed-end funds, certain options positions (excluding those that involve the use of margin), commercial paper, certificates of deposit, and municipal securities.

Geneva Advisors utilizes a proprietary valuation model that they have developed over the years and that they combine with their own analysts and portfolio managers input to arrive at a basket of equities for each of their investment strategies. The valuation model closely tracks the financial performance of more than 10,000 companies. Geneva monitors each company using a detailed computer analysis of fundamentals, such as earning per share, cash flow, future earnings estimates, quarterly growth comparisons and return on invested capital. The firm's portfolio managers use the model to screen for fundamental changes in a company’s operations. The model examines company valuations relative to company fundamentals, comparable companies, historic levels, and overall market. Geneva's equity strategies include: All Cap Growth, Large Cap Growth, Mid Cap Growth, Small-Mid Cap Growth, Small Cap Opportunities, Equity Income, Emerging Markets Equity Composite, Emerging Markets Equity Composite-ADRs, Emerging Markets Equity Wrap Composite, Equity Income/Tax Easy Strategy, International Equity Income, International Growth, International Small Cap Equity Composite, MLPs, Natural Resources, Geneva Focused Growth & Income, and Global Equity Income. Their fixed income strategies include: Tax-Exempt Municipal Bond, Intermediate Bond, and Total Return Fixed Income.^

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Cambridge Associates typically works with their clients to identify and refine their investment objectives, risk parameters and spending needs to determine an appropriate asset allocation and manager structure designed to achieve financial goals. The firm builds custom portfolios that aim to outperform over the long-term.

TAM provides investment advisory services in the broad categories of equities, fixed income, and asset allocation/mixed assets strategies which are designed to meet with clients' Christian values. The firm invests in various securities and other investments, including derivatives, in its investment strategies. They also utilize various investment techniques, including fundamental, quantitative and technical methods to determine which investments to buy and sell.

First Light manages a long-only health care equity investment strategy (the Genesis Strategy) for separate account clients. The Genesis Strategy utilizes a fundamental, bottom-up approach to stock selection to primarily seek out high quality, reasonably priced, growth-equity opportunities among publicly traded micro to small/mid-cap health care and life sciences companies.