Richard M. Cryan

Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust

Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust

The cornerstone of Hyperion's investment philosophy is relative value. They endeavor to identify relative value anomalies that exist both between sectors and among individual securities through analysis of information from global macroeconomic rends to security specific data. Their process encompasses in depth credit evaluation and quantitative analysis. The firm's core fixed-income strategy focuses on relative value opportunities among the major fixed income sectors. Value is derived primarily from sector rotation and security selection decisions, based on relative value analysis. Additionally, yield curve, duration management and credit quality decisions enhance the relative value process. This strategy focuses exclusively on investment-grade securities. The objective of their MBS strategy is to deliver enhanced risk and return exposure versus the fixed-rate MBS portion of the Lehman Brothers Aggregate index. The strategy's primary focus is on relative value opportunities among MBSs, varying holdings by agency loan program, coupon and seasoning. In addition, they utilize non-MBSs to take advantage of enhanced relative value or temporary dislocations in basis relationships. Occasionally, limited short-term duration management is also utilized. Hyperion's credit MBS strategy is dedicated to higher yielding non-Agency MBS, commercial MBSs and ABSs. This strategy is centered on security selection and the allocation among credit rating classes.

FIAM utilizes a variety of methods of security analysis to select investments, including fundamental, quantitative, technical and macro-economic analysis in managing client accounts. The firm's global research resources include seasoned, sector-focused fundamental analysts covering industry sectors across the US and global markets as well as quantitative and technical portfolio managers and analysts.

Provides investment banking services

Evergreen Investments & Management invests in early-stage and start-up companies located in the Southeastern United States with particular emphasis on Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area. The firm focuses on sectors such as health services and technological services. It participates in early-stage transactions with an investment size of USD .25- 1 million. It takes a seat on the board of directors.

Acts as Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust

PSG is a global alternative investment manager that focuses on specialized equity and fixed income real assets securities investments and energy-related master limited partnerships or MLPs and infrastructure investments. The firm's fixed-income strategies include investments below investment grade and investment grade publicly traded debt securities of global real estate, infrastructure and natural resources companies. For their equity strategies, PSG incorporates a value-based approach and a long-term investment horizon. They utilize proprietary valuation tools, as well as fundamental, bottom-up research, to identify mispriced securities.

TIAA CREFF Real estate focuses on real estate investments in the US and Europe. Over half of their real estate holdings belong to the TIAA Real Estate Account. This product was the first to allow retirement savers to invest directly in a broadly diversified portfolio of income-producing real estate properties.