Jared D. Hobson

The firm's portfolio managers, research specialists and traders are organized into teams by asset class. SCM provides several different investment approaches to both its international and domestic equity portfolios. For its capital appreciation equity management, the firm emphasizes current economic environment and secular themes. In particular, long-term economic trends, Federal Reserve policy and market liquidity serve as a macroeconomic backdrop to the overall direction of the markets. For equity stock selection, disciplined, fundamental research with emphasis on the following characteristics are practiced: strong fundamentals, accelerating earnings and sales, accelerating return on equity, expanding market share, low cost producers, quality management and positive earnings surprises. Its bottom-up security analysis emphasizes management, cash flow, earnings growth, balance sheet strength, competitive position, discounted cash flow and relative p/e ratio.

Century Capital Management mainly invests in the common stocks of US small- and mid-cap companies. The firm also serves as the advisor to one mutual fund that invests in US companies with mid-to-large market-caps. Century’s primary method of analysis is fundamental, bottom-up research. They analyze a company’s competitive advantage, potential for growth in revenue and earnings, return on equity, quality of management, and the ability of the company’s capital structure to sustain future growth. Quantitative tools are used to augment fundamental research, and each prospective holding is subject to a rigorous intrinsic valuation analysis. The Small Cap Growth strategy and Century Small Cap Select Fund invest primarily in the common stocks of US companies with small market-caps typically not exceeding that of the largest company in the Russell 2000 index over the prior 12 months that have a growth orientation. The Small-Mid Cap Growth strategy and Century Growth Opportunities Fund invest primarily in the common stocks of small and medium-sized US companies with market-caps of $800 million to $6 billion selected for their growth potential. The Small Cap Value strategy invests primarily in the common stocks of companies with small market-caps that have a relative value orientation. The strategy invests in companies across all sectors of the economy and may include investments in foreign securities. Century Shares Trust invests primarily in the common stocks of US companies. The fund typically invests in large and medium sized companies, but may invest in any company without regard to market-cap. The fund invests in companies across all sectors of the economy, but may favor companies in particular sectors or industries at different times. The Small-Mid Cap strategy invests primarily in the common stocks of small and medium-sized US companies with market-caps of $500 million to $10 billion selected for their growth potential.

Founders Asset Management looks for companies that have potential for strong earnings growth that can be sustained through market cycles and changing economic conditions, and can combine these qualitative strengths with the business savvy needed to produce the kinds of compelling quantitative strengths that look sound on a firm's balance sheet. They do not limit themselves to certain markets or sectors. The firm conducts bottom-up research with the application of an in-depth process that entails a company-by-company analysis of business models and fundamentals. They prefer to focus exclusively on uncovering growth-oriented stocks, regardless of their sectors or geographical location. Founders Asset Management's stock selection process is organic; they monitor current holdings on a daily basis. They use price targets to assess companies' contributions to portfolio performance, making adjustments if necessary. Though not limited by sector, Founders Asset management tends to invest in the stocks of US large-cap companies in the retail, technology services, electronic technology and health services sectors.

Weatherbie employs a fundamental, bottom-up research approach to investing in growth equities. They aim to identify and invest in attractive US small- and mid-cap companies poised for growth. All portfolio managers/analysts are generalists, with coverage across several sectors. If a company falls short of the firm’s expectations for any non-trivial reason, they will sell that stock.

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RK Capital focuses on small-cap US equities with both a long/short and a long-only strategy. The firm employs a research-intensive, bottom-up fundamental approach, which integrates comprehensive risk management into a highly repeatable investment process.