Mike Vandenbossche

Munder Capital Management offers a variety of investment disciplines including large-, mid-, and small-cap growth, small-cap value, international equity and taxable and municipal fixed income. Generally, securities are identified for equity accounts through a variety of fundamental factors such as earnings growth, capital efficiency and valuations. More subjective factors are often considered, such as the quality of the business model, competitive profile and quality of management. Technical factors are also often utilized, such as a company’s relative valuation, momentum and market sentiment. Portfolio construction is monitored and managed through risk controls such as overall tracking effort relative to the portfolio’s benchmark and maintaining discipline on targeted sector exposure, position size and capitalization. Fixed income strategies begin with a view of the economic fundamentals, which may be influenced by the Federal Reserve Bank’s policy intentions, inflation intentions and growth expectations and then key risks are identified, such as regulatory risks, merger and activity risks, and sovereign or contagion risks. These views lead to decisions on how to position a portfolio on the yield curve, opportunistic sector allocations to take advantage of any price discrepancies and, ultimately, security selection. Securities are generally selected by identifying securities with a low probability of a negative credit event, using a proprietary financial ratio model to identify purchase and sale candidates, and searching the market for individual pricing inefficiencies.

Boyd Watterson manages client portfolios across a variety of fixed income and equity strategies. The firm’s fixed income investment philosophy is based on fundamental economic analysis, technical interest rate analysis, and credit research. They seek to identify undervalued securities in order to increase the yield of their portfolios and provide price appreciation. Boyd Watterson applies a top-down, bottom-up approach that blends quantitative screening and fundamental credit research to seek to achieve optimal risk/reward characteristics. Their equity investment philosophy is based on fundamental analysis, both at the macro-economic level and company-specific level. Their investment decisions are based on long-term projections of economic growth and earnings cycles.

Ambassador Capital Management focuses exclusively on the management of fixed-income portfolios. The firm employs the use of both fundamental and value investment approaches to identify positive risk/reward opportunities. Their investment process also involves the use quantitative analysis, including statistical and probability modeling. Ambassador's investment approach seeks to identify fundamental growth opportunities within the fixed-income markets, while overlaying a value component to quantify risk. Their fundamental analysis concentrates on identifying quality and strength in the economy, the various bond sectors and individual issuers. They measure value in terms of relative comparisons and exposure to downside risk. Ambassador emphasizes adding value through multiple diversified strategies, while maintaining risk at a minimum.

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