Brad A. Filips

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.

Victory Capital-IM is a diversified global investment management firm offering a wide array of independent investment approaches and innovative solutions designed to drive better investment outcomes.

PMFA’s security analysis methods include fundamental and technical analysis and cyclical analysis. Their investment research group uses an internally developed, proprietary equity market valuation model as a tool for evaluating current market conditions and determining equity model allocations. Equity allocation investment strategies include managers that employ both long- and short-term strategies. Fixed income allocations include managers that seek to invest in a range of fixed income assets and credit classes to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns through current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation.

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Operates as a digital mortgage origination platform, connecting mortgage brokers with top lenders for a streamlined mortgage lending process

YCM focuses on rule-based investment strategies, utilizing a combination of primarily equities, fixed income securities, and Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) products to create proprietary models based on industry benchmarks which are tailored to address client’s investment objectives and risk tolerance.