Jason Kotik

Price Associates uses a complex and multifaceted approach to investment analysis and asset management decisions. They integrate ESG factors into their investment research process. The firm focuses on the ESG factors they consider most likely to have a material impact on the performance of securities in client accounts. Price Associates also focuses on their analytical process on three areas of research: the industry, the contracts issued, and the creditworthiness of each individual issuer.

abrdn utilizes various investment approaches when managing discretionary client accounts and providing recommendations to non-discretionary clients. The firm utilizes a bottom-up, fundamental stock-picking approach, where sector, regional and country allocations are a residual of their bottom-up stock selection decisions, constrained by appropriate risk controls.

NWD's asset allocation approach is top-down and based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative criteria. Three key aspects determine the ranking of equity markets: interest rate prospects, earnings prospects and the valuation background. Significant allocation shifts are made when conviction levels are strong. There are monthly meetings for ideas generation, including the macroeconomic team, regional equity and fixed-income teams. Regional equity teams provide economic and market forecasts for each market supported by written documentation andanalysis. These forecasts are the result of bottom-up analysis of individual securities within the research universe to generate target price and rate of return forecasts, which are then aggregated to provide overall rolling twelve-month country return forecasts. NWD uses a combination of in-house and Wall Street research.

WTIA advises clients with respect to investment of their assets in various types of products, including, individual securities, open-ended mutual funds (such as mutual funds managed by WTIA and/or their affiliates and/or by third-party investment managers), ETFs, private market funds, and SMAs offered by the firm and/or third-party investment managers.

Functions as a College/University

Functions as a College/University

RAM offers global, US, international, dedicated environmental, social, and governance (ESG), thematic/ climate solutions equity strategies across the capitalization range. The firm pairs their distinctive worldview and long-term investment horizon with thorough fundamental research, combining traditional and non-traditional analysis to help their clients achieve their investment objectives. RAM’s taxable and tax-exempt fixed income strategies generally employ a conservative approach to US fixed income markets and emphasize capital preservation and current income. Portfolios are constructed through combining top-down macroeconomic views and bottom-up fundamental analysis to inform their investment approach.