Ray McCaffrey

BMTA allocates clients assets among Independent Managers and various investment strategies in accordance with clients' unique investment objectives. However, it may provide advice about any type of investment held in clients' portfolios. To enhance diversification in the client’s portfolio, the firm looks for a mix of active Independent Managers and opportunistic strategies that have a low correlation with each other.

Cypress has a conservative investment style which uses a balanced approach and invests in a mix of stocks, bonds and money market funds. The firm supervises assets with emphasis on above average income, less volatility and risk, with prospects for reasonable capital growth. Their balanced investment approach generally focuses on Blue Chip stocks, US Treasuries, Corporate Bonds, and to a lesser extent, Preferred Securities, Convertible Bonds, and ETFs. This approach is designed to mitigate major loss of principal while maintaining the flexibility to profit in advancing market cycles. Cypress strives to achieve positive results by setting an asset mix and shifting it based on macroeconomic trends and investment opportunities in the equity and fixed income markets. Their typical portfolio holds 30-35 stocks and 15-20 bonds.

Liberty Ridge focuses on domestic equities. Liberty Ridge Capital believes it adds the greatest value over all market cycles by consistently applying a time-tested, bottom-up stock selection process that combines the use of rigorous fundamental research with quantitative techniques. Liberty Ridge Capital seeks to select securities that offer the most attractive trade-off between valuation, near-term dynamics and long-term growth. They believe that superior investment results can be achieved by investing in companies that possess an attractive valuation relative to the broad market and peer group, display positive near-term business prospects and exhibit healthy long-term earnings growth potential. LibertyRidge employs a process that defines a manageable universe of stocks by utilizing proprietary quantitative screens to narrow their focus. Fundamental research further narrows the team's top investment candidates and then a portfolio is constructed based on process and account parameters. In seeking to identify attractive investment opportunities for the Focused, Large Cap, Mid-Cap and Small Cap Funds and the blend portion of the Strategic Small Company Fund, Liberty Ridge first creates a universe of companies whose current share price seems lower than their current or future worth. They consider factors like a company's earnings power vs. its current stock price, dividend income potential, its price-to-earnings ratio vs. similar companies, competitive advantages, like brand or trade name or market niche, management team, and current and future business prospects. Lastly, using their own fundamental research and a bottom-up approach to investing, Liberty Ridge identifies those companies which are currently out of market favor but have the potential to achieve significant appreciation as the marketplace recognizes their fundamental value.

Pitcairn invests in public equity and fixed-income markets around the world. The firm employs both growth and value strategies and invests in companies across all market-caps. Their investment process is based on both fundamental and quantitative analysis.

Cypress has a conservative investment style which uses a balanced approach and invests in a mix of stocks, bonds and money market funds. The firm supervises assets with emphasis on above average income, less volatility and risk, with prospects for reasonable capital growth. Their balanced investment approach generally focuses on Blue Chip stocks, US Treasuries, Corporate Bonds, and to a lesser extent, Preferred Securities, Convertible Bonds, and ETFs. This approach is designed to mitigate major loss of principal while maintaining the flexibility to profit in advancing market cycles. Cypress strives to achieve positive results by setting an asset mix and shifting it based on macroeconomic trends and investment opportunities in the equity and fixed income markets. Their typical portfolio holds 30-35 stocks and 15-20 bonds.