John Thomas Bender

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.

Functions as investment fund

Functions as an investment fund

AEGON investments are comprised primarily of bonds, with remaining assets invested in commercial mortgage loans, alternative investments and equities. The firm seeks to identify unrecognized growth potential in markets and individual stocks through a combination of active top-down and bottom-up analysis. Their investment process employs fundamentally driven research that is supported by quantitative analysis which results in the screening and ranking of markets and stocks and consistent implementation across portfolios. Though not limited by sector, the firm tends to invest in the stocks of small-cap and mid-cap companies in the finance, utilities, technology services and non-energy minerals sectors. AEGON maintains a low turnover rate.

Functions as a College/University

LGIM America specializes in fixed income, liability driven investment (LDI) solutions and index capabilities for the US institutional market.

Functions as an investment fund

Functions as a pooled investment fund

Acts as Open-End Investment Fund/Unit Trust