Sara Shahram

Beutel Goodman aims to deliver superior risk-adjusted portfolio performance to their clients over the long-term. They pursue this through the ownership of debt and equity positions in high-quality companies. The firm employs a fundamental bottom-up value investment philosophy, which is grounded in a highly disciplined proprietary research process, with a focus on capital preservation, absolute risk reduction and downside protection in declining markets.

Functions as a College/University

Empire Life Investments focuses on attractively valued, high-quality businesses, with a focus on downside protection. The firm’s equity investment process follows a rigorous five-step process: define universe, idea generation, analyze, fundamental analysis, and portfolio construction. When selecting fixed-income investments, Empire Life Investments employs an active, multi-strategy approach. They combine both a top-down macroeconomic analysis on interest rate and yield curve as well as a bottom-up credit research with a focus on undervalued securities and sectors.