Gary J. Bender

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.

Comerica-IM constructs each overlay model’s asset allocation parameters and establishes the percentages for each asset class utilized in the model. They also select the individual investments that are available in each asset class.

LSIA manages client accounts using a customized allocation of assets based on the client’s specific investment goals and objectives. Generally, the firm allocates a portion of the client’s portfolio to equities through direct investment in stocks and, if appropriate, a portion of the portfolio to fixed income through direct investment in bonds. They use fundamental credit research, manage interest rate risk, and implement yield curve strategies with the goals of preserving capital, generating income to meet spending needs and enhancing total return.

Functions as a College/University

WAM aims to help clients build broadly diversified portfolios in a cost-effective manner. The firm focuses exclusively on quantitative investment products and services. Their quantitative methodologies allow them to passively manage index portfolios tailored meet each client’s unique needs. WAM offers fixed income strategies and domestic & foreign equity strategies across a broad range of investment styles, market-caps, regions and assets.

Provides wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services

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.