Brandon Michael Warner

WTC-IM employs top-down analysis to determine sector allocation, project interest and inflation rates, identify market trends and evaluate the overall economic outlook. Stocks identified in the firm's initial screening process are then subjected to bottom-up analysis. They invest in fixed-income securities, adjusting asset allocation according to their perception of top-down factors.

Aladdin Capital Management manages alternative fixed-income investments including hedge funds, CDOs and structured investment vehicles. The firm invests globally and provides investors with access to a comprehensive range of credit focused investment products. Their alternative asset management platform offers credit expertise across a range of sectors including investment grade, high yield, bank loans, ABS, RMBS, and CMBS. Within the alternative spectrum, both structured product and hedge fund sub-asset classes are offered. Aladdin also offers cash flow, hybrid and synthetic CDO structures. The firm's products customized to meet each client's specific investment objectives. With regard to CLOs, Aladdin is a value-focused manager that focuses on investments in credits and sectors with stable cash flow profiles and attractive default and recovery histories over the long-term. The firm seeks to maximize risk-adjusted returns through diversified portfolios, strong credit selection, comprehensive knowledge of structures and the application of these skills to each of their CLOs. Aladdin's ABS group manages the firm's exposure to the RMBS, MBS and CMBS securities markets. They have expertise across multiple channels of the origination, securitization and investment portions of the structured products markets and have significant expertise in sourcing, analyzing and investing in products for investors. Aladdin Credit Partners (ACP) is a joint venture between Aladdin's co-founders and Aladdin Capital Holdings LLC. They focus on investments in restructuring-related situations including rescue financing, debtor-in-possession (DIP) credit facilities and DIP-to-POR credit facilities in both the institutional and middle market. Debt structures may include working capital financing, first and second lien enterprise value term loan facilities and other credit-focused credit instruments. ACP invests in a broad range of products, industries and situations to meet their clients' needs. They maintain extensive relationships in the bankruptcy, commercial banking, investment banking, and alternative investment communities in the US and abroad. ACP's approach is constructed around their extensive credit-focused and research expertise and benefits from their affiliation with Aladdin Capital Holdings LLC.

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PCM’s investment strategies are focused on corporate credit, structured products collateralized by corporate credit, and distressed debt and equity. The firm invests primarily in broadly syndicated loans, debt and equity of public and private companies, as well as securities issued by CLOs. PCM identifies and selects investment opportunities using a disciplined assessment of the fundamental value underpinning each security or loan. The firm employs a “buy-and-hold” investment strategy augmented by ongoing relative value portfolio rebalancing.