Bradford Heiss

Maverick’s investment process is driven by intensive, fundamental bottom-up research. They deploy capital to individual investment opportunities that they believe offer the highest returns relative to risk, regardless of index weightings, market capitalization, or style orientations. Their research is augmented by a top-down view of individual industries and the efforts of their quantitative research team. The firm’s investment team is organized into four industry sector teams: consumer, healthcare, cyclicals, and technology. The industry sector teams are supported by two disciplined research teams (private investments and quantitative).;

Highland is a global alternative fixed income manager that specializes in bank loans, high yield credit, distressed debt, structured products, real assets, and long-short equities, with a global geographic reach. The firm’s investment philosophy is rooted in a value-oriented, long-term approach, which combines bottom-up research with top-down technical market analysis. Their analysts follow a rigorous and time-tested bottom-up credit analysis for each credit they manage. Highland is an activist firm and is included in the SharkWatch50 as one of the 50 most prominent and impactful activist investors.

NexPoint’s funds draw on the firm’s investment capabilities, covering a range of asset classes and strategies. Investment capabilities include high-yield credit, public equities, real estate, private equity and special situations, structured credit, and sector- and region-specific verticals built around specialized teams.

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Varna Capital Management employs fundamental equity long/short investment strategies with a value-based approach.