Warren Ormerod

Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust

Stratton Management Co.'s investment process begins with an examination of the client’s risk tolerance, investment time horizon, need for current income, and their expectations for portfolio growth. Once this assessment is complete, a portfolio is constructed consisting of the proper allocation between equity and fixed income securities and among the different sectors of each of those two asset classes. Stratton offers various institutional model portfolios, each of which is quantitatively based and and fundamentally refined. These models include Large-Cap Value, Mid-Cap Value, Small-Cap Value, and Real Estate. Stratton’s Large-Cap Value product employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative research to identify undervalued large-cap equities with superior capital appreciation potential. The firm's Large-Cap Quantitative Model calculates a weighted composite of valuation, earnings and price movement measures. This reduces the overall Large-Cap universe to a more manageable group of attractive candidates. Once this group is established, qualitative research is conducted to identify potential buy candidates. Stratton's Mid-Cap Value and Small-Cap Value products employ the same strategy but are differentiated in the size of the companies in which they invest. Stratton’s Real Estate product employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative measures, including underlying real estate values, earnings multiples, geographic and tenant concentrations, balance sheet metrics, company strategies, and management track record, to identify the most attractive securities on a relative valuation basis within each property sub-sector. Based on this criteria, stocks that appear undervalued relative to peers, and have identifiable fundamental catalysts are buy candidates.^

Bankers Trust treats investment management as an ongoing process to help clients achieve their future goals. The firm’s approach addresses their whole financial picture, from retirement planning to education funding to managing risk, and developing appropriate investment strategies for each area.

NorthStar utilizes a strategy of holding securities that have a growth bias, often overweighting exposures to industry sectors growing faster than the overall economy, and companies within all sectors with some combination of growth in revenues, earnings per share, dividends (or the ability to begin to pay a dividend), and overall financial strength. Their goal is to invest profits in other securities with better underlying values. The firm’s security analysis methods include fundamental, asset allocation and research.

Functions as a College/University

State chartered commercial bank