Ralph Anthony DeCesare

TDAM USA is a global investment manager that offers an array of fundamental and quantitative, active and passively managed investment strategies and products. They offer custom solutions, including asset liability matching and portfolio transition management, as well as other specialized segregated investment management services, including cash management and currency overlay. The firm uses various methods of security analysis in formulating investment advice. Their fixed income investment philosophy is based upon strong and independent credit research. Proprietary research is vital to the firm’s investment process and forms the basis for all of their investment decisions.

MLAM's worldwide approach to equity investing uses a philosophy of identifying relative value among individual stocks and stock markets by focusing primarily on two variables: reinvestment rate and the price-to-book value ratio. There are seven additional screens employed to further refine the process. The factors used to identify value include price-to-cash flow, price-to-earnings ratios, past and future earnings growth and dividend payouts. For asset allocation, a country whose market valuation measurements seem consistently above or below world averages or its own historical averages are over or under-weighted accordingly. The degrees of over or under-weighting are determined by relative economic prospects as measured by the outlook for GNP, inflation and interest rates of each country and their impact on currency movements. By combining a value approach to individual stock selection with asset allocation by country, the firm seeks to achieve consistent performance relative to international equity indexes. MLAM combines top-down and bottom-up analysis and uses proprietary models as part of their research process. Their funds are team-managed.

Provides financial market intelligence services

Functions as a College/University

Functions as a College/University