Jeremy Ellis

Campbell Newman aims to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns within the tenents of a conservative risk profile. The firm manages two products – Large-Cap Dividend Growth and Small-Cap Growth. Both strategies feature high-quality biased, high conviction portfolios. Client accounts in each strategy are generally managed in accordance with a model maintained by their Investment Committee. Their research process is independent and bottom-up.

United Capital provides investment management services to their clients using a variety of asset classes and investment vehicles. The firm’s Independent Advisory Representatives (IARs) work with clients to determine an appropriate asset allocation based on the client's risk tolerance, investment objectives, and investment attribute preferences. Their investment process begins with a global macroeconomic view, which drives their broader asset allocation decisions. The United Capital Investment Committee is responsible for overall supervision of client assets under United Capital’s management, including determining which Portfolio Managers to use.

Integrated Financial Management (IFM) is a value manager that manages customized portfolios of equity, fixed-income and alternative investments that are based on each client's individual objectives, risk tolerance, time horizon, tax circumstances and liquidity requirements. The firm primarily uses individual securities as opposed to mutual funds, ETFs or other similar types of securities. Though not limited by sector, IFM tends to invest in the stocks of companies of all market-caps in the technology, services, communications and industrial services sectors. IFM selects securities based on their in-house, bottom-up research approach that analyzes companies of all market-caps, industries and sectors. They invest only in companies in which they believe there is a value to be gained. For diversification and to minimize risk and maximize returns, IFM also makes fixed-income and alternative investments. The firm's research process seeks to determine a fair value for an investment and to purchase it at a significant discount to that figure. They carefully monitor investments and employ strict guidelines for action if a stocks price hits certain levels on both the downside and upside. The firm performs in-house fundamental research to identify companies that are undervalued relative to their underlying growth prospects or future earnings potential. IFM does not restrict investments to companies of a certain size or industry. IFM's equity investment strategy is based on basic premises: (1) the value of a business is equal to the present value of its future cash flows and (2) Over time, the price and value of a company will converge. When evaluating an equity investment, the firm seeks to understand the company's balance sheet and income statement, as well as, the company's growth drivers and operational strengths. They look for companies with an established history of operating success with good growth prospects and a sustainable competitive advantage in their industry. IFM also looks for companies with above-average returns on invested capital. Free cash flow is also a significant criterion because it is the means by which management can create shareholder value. Once they have identified a company that meets their criteria, IFM uses a proprietary in-house valuation model to determine its fair price. Based on the determination of the company's intrinsic value, the firm then looks to purchase its stock at a discount to that value. IFM's fixed-income investment strategy is based on the idea that fixed-income investments can play an important role in nearly every portfolio, depending on the client's needs and the investments characteristics. The firm uses fixed-income investments to provide a steady stream of income, to reduce the overall risk level of a portfolio and to preserve capital, particularly when equity markets are weak. IFM seeks to maximize income generation by investing in a variety of fixed-income vehicles including taxable and tax-exempt bonds, agency bonds, inflation-protected bonds, preferred stocks and step-up bonds. To reduce overall portfolio volatility, they invest in high-credit-quality investments that have lower price volatility and a lower chance of default. The types of bonds they invest in are determined based on the current and anticipated future interest rate environment and the average length of time before those bonds mature. IFM also provides access to investments in non-traditional asset classes including hedge funds, fund-of-funds, private-equity funds, real estate and structured products.

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