Marc Shapiro

CCI is a bottom-up, growth-oriented equity manager that manages Large-Cap, Mid-Cap, SMID, Small-Cap, and Custom-Cap equity portfolios for clients. They utilize a growth-oriented, investment philosophy of Positive Momentum & Positive Surprise, which strives to invest in good companies getting stronger and in companies whose fundamentals are exceeding investor expectations. The firm invests in securities of non-US issuers, including through investments in American Depository Receipts. They typically manage equity portfolios on a long-only basis, with the exception of certain accounts including the CCI Private Funds, which are managed according to a long/short strategy. CCI manages their affiliated private funds and other US and foreign accounts with additional investment strategies including the trading of derivatives, foreign currency, hedging, leverage and short sales.

Principal AM has divided their investment management operations into several unique boutiques. The equities boutiques render advice primarily for equity securities. They utilize internally generated fundamental research that focuses on bottom-up stock selection within a sophisticated comparative framework. The fixed income boutique renders advice primarily for debt securities. Their currency boutiques render advice for active and passive currency. Applying a fundamental-discretionary, macroeconomic theme-based investment approach to portfolio management, the strategies include absolute return as well as base currency hedging strategies.

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