Alan H. Straus

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Lord Abbett manages equity, fixed income, and multi-asset class portfolios across a wide range of investment strategies. Portfolio management teams employ a rigorous investment approach, and the firm’s investment processes are supported by a strong internal focus on fundamental and quantitative research.

Seligman manages portfolios employing a team approach. Each investment team leader is a Managing Director. Their investment teams conduct primary research on all securities considered for inclusion in their portfolios. Their research on potential stock purchases includes on-site visits and one-on-one meetings with management to assess the quality, prospects and direction of a company. Seligman takes the following steps to address investment risk in the portfolios: minimal-to-no cash positions, fundamental research, close management contact and continuous evaluation of their holdings. Their analysts are organized by industry specializations. The investment decision-making process is overseen by the CIO and implemented by each team leader.

Operates as a bank holding company

SIMNA manages assets for domestic and foreign clients in strategies focusing on US equity and US fixed income securities, including US tax-exempt securities. The firm also markets strategies focusing on non-US equity and fixed income securities, as well as multi asset, quantitative and alternative strategies.

MLAM's worldwide approach to equity investing uses a philosophy of identifying relative value among individual stocks and stock markets by focusing primarily on two variables: reinvestment rate and the price-to-book value ratio. There are seven additional screens employed to further refine the process. The factors used to identify value include price-to-cash flow, price-to-earnings ratios, past and future earnings growth and dividend payouts. For asset allocation, a country whose market valuation measurements seem consistently above or below world averages or its own historical averages are over or under-weighted accordingly. The degrees of over or under-weighting are determined by relative economic prospects as measured by the outlook for GNP, inflation and interest rates of each country and their impact on currency movements. By combining a value approach to individual stock selection with asset allocation by country, the firm seeks to achieve consistent performance relative to international equity indexes. MLAM combines top-down and bottom-up analysis and uses proprietary models as part of their research process. Their funds are team-managed.

Provides financial consulting services

Functions as a College/University

Ahab specializes in investing in distressed securities and/or providing special situation capital to companies going through an operational or balance sheet restructuring. The firm pursues such investments through both passive and active participation in restructuring committees.