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APMEX is one of the nation’s largest Precious Metal retailers offering transparent buy/sell pricing coupled with 24/7 web access and knowledgeable telephone assistance. With more than 5,000 different Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium products, APMEX can meet your diversification plan with the proper mix of price, liquidity and portability, including products suitable for IRAs. Your clients also have the option to take physical delivery or store in a secure, private facility via a wholly owned subsidiary of APMEX (www.cgdsi.com). All storage is managed by BRINK’s and located in a high-security BRINK’S facility. Please call APMEX at 800-375-9006 for additional information. |
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Chicago Capital Management’s merger arbitrage strategy strives to provide its investors with diversified, risk-adjusted absolute returns regardless of the macro-economic environment. Founded in 1998 by Steven Gerbel, the fund has proven to offer low correlation with conventional asset classes during all business cycles. Chicago Capital Management focuses its investments on publicly announced merger arbitrage situations using a “hedge as much as possible” philosophy. The fund assumes as little risk and volatility as necessary to produce significant alpha. The fund achieves this through in-depth fundamental analysis of every merger transaction, disciplined adherence to trading limits, and continuous risk monitoring of individual positions. |
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CornerCap Investment Counsel is a 100% employee owned investment manager based in Atlanta, Georgia. Before starting CornerCap, the firm’s founders managed a $4 billion corporate pension fund where they learned the investment styles and intricacies of leading money managers. This experience combined with their knowledge of market dynamics enabled CornerCap to develop its own proprietary research and investment platform, culminating in the Fundametrics system. This proprietary technology based platform is grounded in bottom up fundamental factors that unemotionally adheres to the firm’s contrarian value philosophy and is used to manage the equity portion of client assets, including the Fundametrics Small Cap Value strategy. | |
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Eaton Vance Corp. (NYSE: EV) is one of the oldest investment management firms in the United States, with a history dating to 1924. Eaton Vance and its affiliates offer individuals and institutions a broad array of investment strategies and wealth management solutions. The Company’s long record of exemplary service, timely innovation and attractive returns through a variety of market conditions has made Eaton Vance the investment manager of choice for many of today’s most discerning investors. For more information, visit www.eatonvance.com | |
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F-Squared Investments, based in Newton, MA, is an SEC-registered investment adviser offering a full range of client-centric investment solutions, based on our AlphaSector™ and Portfolio Replication Technology (PoRT™) investment capabilities. F-Squared Investments was founded with the mission of redefining how investment solutions can be reliably delivered to investors. AlphaSector is the industry’s leading suite of full-market investment solutions, offering both long-only and leveraged strategies. For more information about F-Squared, visit our website at: www.f-squaredinvestments.com |
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GL Capital Partners is a global asset management firm with offices in the U.S. and Asia. GLCP provides investment solutions to advisors, institutions, and individual investors. The firm has launched multiple liquid alternative offerings designed to provide investors access to highly differentiated strategies and asset classes. The global perspective and risk management philosophies embraced by the portfolio management and research teams combine to produce solutions that we believe distinctly enhance the risk and return characteristics of investment portfolios. | |
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Harbor Funds is a family of mutual funds that offers access to a lineup of respected institutional investment firms from across the country. Harbor uses a "manager of managers" approach to investing by identifying experienced portfolio managers (subadvisers), who specialize in a particular asset class to make all of the day-to-day investment decisions for our funds. Investors in Harbor Funds have the benefit of both a professional portfolio manager combined with Harbor’s internal philosophy of closely managing costs, allowing us to offer a family of funds that we believe delivers long-term value to our shareholders. | |
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Hartford Funds offers 54 Funds that span a variety of asset classes and are managed by Wellington Management. The premier money manager’s investment principles and conviction of active management stem back to 1928. Visit hartfordfunds.com. Your clients should carefully consider investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of Hartford Funds before investing. This and other information can be found in the prospectus or summary prospectus, which can be obtained by calling 888-843-7824 (retail investors) or 877-836-5854 (institutional investors). Your clients should read them carefully before they invest or send money. Hartford Funds are underwritten and distributed by Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC. Wellington Management Company, LLP is a SEC-registered investment adviser and an independent and unaffiliated sub-adviser to Hartford Funds. MF201 114390 |
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Founded in 1980, Hotchkis and Wiley is a boutique asset management firm based in Los Angeles, CA specializing in value investing. As of June 30, 2013, we manage more than $22 Billion in our eight Institutional and Mutual Fund strategies. The firm prides itself on an active, team-based, investment approach driven by fundamental research and bottom up security selection. Privately held, the majority of our employees have an equity stake in the firm. | |
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IndexUniverse.com is the leading independent authority on ETFs, indexes and index funds. It covers product and market developments related to index funds, ETFs, index derivatives, and the sophisticated investment strategies that use these financial tools. The web site aims to provide the industry's best news, columns, research and features about the dynamic field of index-based investing and trading. It also offers valuable tools and data to assess markets and investment products, and incisive commentary designed to help advisers cut through the clutter and find the right products for their clients. | |
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For Jensen, quality is key. We invest in a select group of America’s top businesses to create competitive strategies composed of companies that value consistency, stability and shareholder value as much as we do. Jensen offers two unique investment strategies: The Jensen Quality Growth Portfolio and the Jensen Quality Value Fund. | |
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J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) was launched in 1993 as an independently managed investment management boutique. JOHCM currently manages equity funds through a total of 16 different strategies, covering UK, Europe (including and excluding UK), Japan, Asia ex Japan, Global (including and excluding US) and Global Emerging Markets strategies. Each of our strategies has a defined capacity limit and we have a track record of soft closing strategies to new investors. Since October 2011 it has been 100% owned by BT Investment Management (BTIM), a leading Australian listed fund management firm and a prominent Australian equity manager. JOHCM operates as a stand-alone boutique within the BTIM Group. |
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Litman Gregory Asset Management www.LitmanGregory.com Founded in 1987, Litman Gregory is a San Francisco Bay-area firm that manages assets for high net worth individuals, institutions, and other advisors using strategies that draw on its global tactical asset allocation expertise and in-depth manager due diligence. The firm also publishes its research for investment professionals through AdvisorIntelligence. Litman Gregory advises a family of no-load mutual funds, including a fully liquid, multi-strategy alternatives fund. In total, Litman Gregory manages or advises on approximately $8 billion in assets. |
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McKinley Capital Management, LLC (“McKinley Capital”) is a Registered Investment Adviser under the U.S. Investment Advisors Act of 1940. The firm is an independent investment manager that specializes in growth equities including U.S., Non-U.S., Global, Alternative and Dividend Capture strategies across all capitalization spectrums for clients around the world. Founded in 1990 by Robert B. Gillam, McKinley Capital uses a disciplined quantitative approach to manage assets. McKinley Capital is headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska. Portfolio management, quantitative research, trading, compliance, administration and client-service support functions are provided primarily from the Anchorage office with additional offices in New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Darien, CT and Fort Worth, TX. | |
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Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) is a client-centric organization dedicated to providing investment and risk-management solutions to investors worldwide. With over three decades of asset management experience, our investment strategies span the risk/return spectrum across geographies, investment styles and asset classes, including equity, fixed income, alternatives and private markets. Our global presence, thought-leadership, and breadth of products and services enable us to strategically partner with clients to design global investment solutions that are flexible and tailored to meet the ever-evolving challenges of today’s financial markets. With 558 investment professionals worldwide, 42 offices in 16 countries, and $341 billion in assets under management or supervision as of March 31, 2013, we are able to provide in-depth local knowledge and expertise while channeling the strengths of our global presence and resources to deliver targeted investment solutions. |
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Nuveen Investments provides high-quality investment services designed to help secure the long-term goals of institutional and individual investors as well as the consultants and advisors who serve them. Nuveen markets a wide range of specialized investment solutions which provide investors access to capabilities of its high-quality boutique investment affiliates—Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, Symphony Asset Management LLC, NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC, Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC, Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC, Winslow Capital Management, LLC and Gresham Investment Management LLC -- all of which are registered investment advisers and subsidiaries of Nuveen Investments, Inc. In total, Nuveen managed approximately $224 billion as of March 31, 2013. | |
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OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest and most respected investment management companies. As of December 31, 2012, OppenheimerFunds, Inc., including subsidiaries, managed more than $195 billion in assets, including mutual funds having more than 12 million shareholder accounts, including sub-accounts. Known for its tagline The Right Way to Invest, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. has been helping investors reach their financial goals since 1959. The Company and its controlled affiliates offer a broad range of products and services to individuals, corporations and institutions, including mutual funds, separately managed accounts, investment management for institutions, qualified retirement plans and sub advisory investment-management services. | |
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U.S. Boston Capital Corporation, distributor of the Pear Tree Funds, was established in 1969 as an independent, privately-owned company providing wealth management services to high net worth clients. In 1985, U.S. Boston launched a registered mutual fund family subadvised by boutique, high-quality institutional investment firms. The Pear Tree Funds provides access for all investors currently offering six funds – three domestic funds and three international funds. |
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Founded in 1989, PanAgora Asset Management is a premier provider of investment solutions spanning a broad array of asset classes and risk targets. PanAgora is currently owned by Power Financial Corporation through its affiliates Great West Life/Putnam Investments, Nippon Life Insurance Company and PanAgora senior management and staff. PanAgora’s investment teams are organized into an Equity Strategies group and a Multi Asset Strategies group. As of April 30, 2013, PanAgora managed approximately $35 billion in absolute return and benchmark relative strategies on behalf of over 125 institutional clients world-wide. PanAgora’s investment offerings include Alternatives, Intelligent Beta and Traditional Long-Only strategies. |
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Polaris Capital Management, LLC is a global and international value equity manager, serving the investment needs of institutions and individuals since 1995. Polaris' global value philosophy is a disciplined combination of proprietary investment technology and traditional fundamental research that seeks to identify the most undervalued companies worldwide. Using a unique three-step process to identify companies with undervalued streams of sustainable cash flow, Polaris develops a dynamic portfolio of 50-100 equally weighted securities from a universe of more than 30,000 companies in more than 100 countries. The firm's commitment to pure value investing distinguishes it from its peers. |
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Permanent Portfolio Family of Funds Inc., is a no-load mutual fund family that’s investment philosophy is founded on protecting what you have and producing consistent, above-average, after-tax returns. Its family of funds consists of four separate “Portfolios,” each with its own investment objective and strategies. The Permanent Portfolio is a unique balanced fund that invests in a diversified mix of asset classes and is designed to preserve and increase the purchasing power value of its shares over the long-term. 600 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111, 800-531-5142, fax 254-527-3406. [email protected] www.permanentportfoliofunds.com contact Jan Moeller. The fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses must be considered carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the fund and it may be obtained by calling (800) 531-5142, or by visiting www.permanentportfoliofunds.com. Read it carefully before investing. Mutual fund investing involves risk; loss of principal is possible. The Permanent Portfolio Family of Funds, Inc. is distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC. |
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Prudential Investments offers the strength of Prudential Financial’s institutional investment management capabilities to individuals and retirement plans in a wide range of mutual funds and separate accounts. Our success is rooted in a disciplined investment process, which reflects a unique combination of experienced investment talent, intensive in-house research, and sophisticated risk management - all dedicated to delivering superior, long-term performance. | |
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Reaves Asset Management portfolios are designed to achieve a disciplined balance of earnings growth with a growing stream of dividend income in a wide variety of critical public infrastructure industries. We have been researching infrastructure-related equity investments for over 50 years and we have been investing for our clients for over 35 years. Our employee-owned firm utilizes proprietary fundamental, bottom-up research to generate, what we believe to be, an advantaged investment perspective. Reaves’ employees invest alongside our clients via our Profit Sharing Trust. For more information contact: Rowland Wilhelm V.P., Director of Sales & Marketing Reaves Asset Management 10 Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302 Telephone (201) 793-2383 Facsimile (201) 332-8593 [email protected] www.reavesassetmanagement.com |
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Schooner Investment Group provides investment management services to institutions and financial intermediaries that are seeking to preserve and build capital with a focus on sustainable, risk reducing investment strategies. The Firm manages mutual funds, with a focus on liquid alternative funds, separate accounts, and private investment funds. Schooner advises the Schooner Fund (Tickers: SCNAX, SCNIX) a hedged-equity mutual fund. The Fund was specifically designed for the general investing public; executing investment strategies that seek upside participation coupled with superior risk management. | |
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Sentinel Investments offers mutual funds, retirement plan solutions and institutional investment management. Our managers are united by the common belief that well-defined, repeatable investment processes grounded in fundamental research have the potential to deliver solid, consistent results over time. Each discipline has its own dedicated research team, adding an additional level of market insight and objective perspective. Headquartered in Montpelier VT, Sentinel Investments' assets under management totaled more than $27 billion in assets under management, including over $8 billion across 16 Sentinel mutual funds, as of December 31, 2012. Learn more at www.sentinelinvestments.com. |
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Founded in 1987, Sierra currently manages over $1.8 billion in separate accounts and mutual funds, designed to serve the needs of retirees and other conservative investors. Sierra uses a globally-diversified tactical style, with proven risk-mitigation disciplines, and has achieved exceptional results across market cycles. The twin goals of Sierra’s core strategy are (1) to average 8%-10% over a market cycle (2) while at the same time limiting downside risk to 4%-5%. Fact Sheets on the two Sierra mutual funds can be viewed at www.SierraMutualFunds.com. For further information on the funds or separate managed accounts, call Whitney McDonnell at 1-855-556-1295 or email [email protected]. April 2013 |
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Swan is a registered investment advisor that specializes in the Defined Risk Strategy (“DRS”) which is a hedged equity and option income strategy that allows investors to participate in the upward price movement of the S&P 500 index while reducing most of the downside risk. The DRS is a market neutral/absolute return strategy designed to offer superior absolute and risk adjusted returns over a full investment cycle. The DRS is suitable for large cap core replacement, liquid alternative, long term cash or overlay onto an existing low basis or concentrated portfolio. | |
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Founded in 1991 by Greg Miller, CPA and Darlene Murphy, CPA, CFP®, Wellesley Investment Advisors is an SEC Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) firm that specializes in just one thing, convertible bonds, deploying an absolute return-oriented strategy. The professionals at Wellesley manage over $1.4 billion and have been investing client funds in convertible bonds for over 20 years. The firm’s institutional group works with financial intermediaries such as wire-houses, independent broker dealers, RIAs, and investment consultants for pension plans and endowments. Our convertible bond SMA and mutual fund strategy is offered on a variety of fee-based platforms wherein we function as the sub-advisor. Our mutual fund is also available to registered representatives on numerous brokerage platforms. External wholesalers in the institutional group provide direct support to advisors and brokers across the country. www.WellesleyInvestment.com |
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Westcore Funds offers a broad range of funds to help achieve your investment goals. Our diverse family of investment strategies includes growth, value and international equity, as well as fixed income, and reflects the founding principles of its manager, Denver Investments. From its origin in 1958, Denver Investments was built upon the tenets of institutional investing—a prudent, disciplined and consistently applied investment approach. Today, the firm manages assets for a broad array of individual and institutional investors, and is 100% employee-owned. We believe the firm’s organizational independence helps align our interests with those of our clients which enhances our ability to promote their investment success. | |
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High Net Worth Insight™ helps asset/wealth managers, broker dealers, financial advisors, and other financial services professionals research new prospects and track and leverage their existing client base to generate referral opportunities.
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Founded in 1984 by investor and entrepreneur William J. O’Neil, Investor’s Business Daily (IBD®) provides individual and professional investors essential market-timing analysis, top performing lists and proprietary ratings to help them identify true market leaders. The information is delivered through IBD’s leading-edge investing products and innovative investor education programs. IBD created the world’s first stock database in the 1960’s to compare and rate stocks based on performance criteria to find emerging leadership. Today IBD tracks data on over 8,000 publicly traded companies and is used by over 600 institutional investors worldwide. IBD not only helps investors zero-in on emerging growth investments, but provides the buy and sell rules to properly execute trades to minimize risk and maximize profit potential. | |
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