Michael A. Sansoterra

ISCO does not perform investment management services or provide personalized investment advice.

Principal AM has divided their investment management operations into several unique boutiques. The equities boutiques render advice primarily for equity securities. They utilize internally generated fundamental research that focuses on bottom-up stock selection within a sophisticated comparative framework. The fixed income boutique renders advice primarily for debt securities. Their currency boutiques render advice for active and passive currency. Applying a fundamental-discretionary, macroeconomic theme-based investment approach to portfolio management, the strategies include absolute return as well as base currency hedging strategies.

Ridgeworth employs a comprehensive allocation process that enables them to develop an efficient and appropriate asset allocation for each client. The process incorporates an objective analytical framework that three distinct activities: efficient frontier modeling, plus tactical overlay and asset allocation. Through efficient frontier modeling they derive long-term strategic investment solutions using expected returns, standard deviations and cross-correlation matrix analysis. Their plus tactical overlay evaluates asset class performance and looks for extremes and absolute and relative performance. Riverfront's portfolio maintenance strategy maintains the optimal allocation through systematic and unemotional rebalancing.

Functions as a College/University

Provides financial advisory and wealth management services

Silvant focuses on domestic growth equities and seeks to deliver strong investment results that are repeatable and consistent, with client service that exceeds expectations. The firm uses a bottom-up approach to stock selection.