Steve Lilly

Columbia Management Advisors invests in the US public equity and debt markets. They focus on growth and value stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies selected on the basis of a top-down approach and thematic and fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to create their equity portfolio mix. The firm benchmarks the performance of its equity portfolios against the S&P 500 Index. Columbia Management Advisors invests in short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term high-quality debt instruments including treasuries, mortgage-backed securities, municipal bonds, agency bonds and asset backed securities to create their debt portfolio mix. The firm uses a combination of their equity and debt strategies to manage balanced portfolios and benchmarks performance against the S&P 500 Index and Lehman Aggregate Index. Though not limited by sector, the firm tends to invests in the stocks of large-cap companies in the technology, energy minerals and consumer non-durables sectors. They maintain a low turnover rate.

Cortina Asset Management’s primary investment focus is on equity securities, particularly stocks of companies with smaller market capitalizations. The firm generally manages investments in accordance with four model strategies: Small Cap Growth, SMID Growth, Small Cap Opportunity and Small Cap Value. In making investment decisions, Cortina Asset Management primarily uses fundamental analysis.

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Silvercrest employs a disciplined, value-oriented security selection methodology in their stock picking and an actively managed, bottom-up investment strategy. The firm’s investment capabilities include equity management, fixed-income management, outsourced investments and alternative investments.