John Henry Smet

CR&M maintains an investment philosophy that is distinguished by four key beliefs: fundamental research underlies all investment decisions; investment decisions should not be made lightly; a long-term approach; and the firm uses a system of multiple portfolio managers in managing most account and fund assets. The firm’s investment decisions are subject to a funds or account’s objectives, policies and restrictions and the oversight of the appropriate investment-related committees of the firm and their investment divisions. They typically build portfolios for funds and accounts from the bottom-up using rigorous fundamental research to find attractive investments and manage risks.

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CRMC-FII manages fixed income portfolios that seek to capture the risk and return characteristics of other investment vehicles with the same investment strategy. To manage this type of portfolio, they implement a proprietary solution that utilizes a commercially available third-party risk model to help identify the characteristics of the underlying holdings of the strategy. The firm’s fixed-income investment strategy takes a more top-down view of the factors impacting the markets. Core fixed-income portfolios are constructed based on duration, sector allocation and security selection.