Brian Davies

Standish Mellon Asset Management Co. is a dedicated fixed income manager that offers a wide range of cash, credit-based and specialty bond strategies. The firm is effectively split into three divisions: the Active Fixed Income Division, the Tax-Sensitive Fixed Income Division and the Stable Value Division. Standish’s Active Fixed Income investment process combines top-down, macroeconomic analysis with bottom-up research to identify attractive securities based on proprietary, fundamental research. Their top-down approach includes macroeconomic research to assess the overall risk environment, and determine broad portfolio themes, industry emphasis, and overall portfolio quality. Standish’s Tax-Sensitive Fixed Income approach has an objective of achieving a high after-tax return on an absolute and risk-adjusted basis versus the benchmark. Their investment process emphasizes the identification of undervalued sectors and securities in the municipal and taxable bond markets. Their focus is to capitalize on yield anomalies among municipal and taxable sectors, identify undervalued securities, and pinpoint relative value between particular bonds. Standish's Stable Value investment process is marked by four key characteristics: a risk-averse style; a disciplined, quantitative approach; a flexible model; and opportunistic management. The objective is preservation of principal and the delivery of stable returns over time.

Ironwood applies a fundamental, bottom-up approach in all their investment strategies. The firm primarily invests in companies which they believe are selling at a substantial discount to potential future value and only make an investment after doing their own careful research. They invest in companies across a range of market capitalizations including small and micro-cap companies.

WTA implements a comprehensive, goals-based financial strategy. The firm builds well-designed portfolios that work across market cycles to support their client's life and financial goals.

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SFP uses a global asset allocation approach to portfolio construction to diversify holdings and dampen risk while being adaptive within the asset allocation framework. The firm looks to maximize their clients’ risk-adjusted returns by taking advantage of opportunities presented to them at different points within the market cycle. SPF generates a top-down macroeconomic outlook based on analysis of 8 economic factors.