Bob Barringer

AEW offers investment advisory services relating to direct and indirect investments in real estate and real estate related securities. For clients seeking direct and indirect investments in real estate in the North America and Asia Pacific regions, the firm offers core, value-add, opportunistic and other customized strategies. For clients seeking to invest in publicly listed securities, they offer global and regional strategies, including diversified, focused, absolute return, income and other customized strategies.

Citizens' investment management process stems from the belief that good corporate citizenship can enhance company performance. Established on the premise that effective corporate citizens make for the most effective companies, Citizens serves institutional clients and retail investors by investing in companies that they believe are fundamentally strong and socially responsible. Every security in their portfolios is subject to proprietary research that examines fundamental and social factors that the firm believes affect a company's performance over time. Financial analysis is conducted in tandem with a thorough check of each company's management practices and record of corporate responsibility. Citizens' in-house research team examines specific variables seen as potentially contributing positively to investment performance or decreasing investment risk.

FBR Fund Advisers' actively managed core equity investment strategies employ a combination of proprietary quantitative screens, qualitative analysis and bottom-up fundamental research. They seek to provide clients with a diversified portfolio that emphasizes high-quality, conservatively financed companies that are purchased at low relative and absolute valuations. The firm's initial screening process focuses on profitability and considers returns on owner's capital, growth of book value and operating margins. The initial screening process also considers relative valuation measures including price compared to book value, earnings and cash flow). Companies that meet FBR's initial screening process are then analyzed using qualitative and fundamental research. They assess each companys' business model, industry characteristics, products or services, market position, competitive advantages and the quality of their management team. Each security is monitored and reviewed on a daily basis. The firm's sell discipline identifies securities that no longer meet their investment criteria. In general, a position may be sold if (1) it reaches excessive valuation levels relative to FBR's view of its intrinsic value and company fundamentals (2) it is excluded from the firm's investable universe by failing to meet their initial screening criteria (3) long-term fundamentals deteriorate or (4) a superior investment with a more attractive risk/reward profile is identified.

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ESCM specializes in long-only US Small and Smid-cap equities. The firm invests in leaders and future leaders that are undervalued due to the unappreciated duration of positive fundamentals or positive change identified by qualitative and empirical factors. Their bottom-up, fundamental approach identifies established and improving quality companies.

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