Kori Skiba

MLAM's worldwide approach to equity investing uses a philosophy of identifying relative value among individual stocks and stock markets by focusing primarily on two variables: reinvestment rate and the price-to-book value ratio. There are seven additional screens employed to further refine the process. The factors used to identify value include price-to-cash flow, price-to-earnings ratios, past and future earnings growth and dividend payouts. For asset allocation, a country whose market valuation measurements seem consistently above or below world averages or its own historical averages are over or under-weighted accordingly. The degrees of over or under-weighting are determined by relative economic prospects as measured by the outlook for GNP, inflation and interest rates of each country and their impact on currency movements. By combining a value approach to individual stock selection with asset allocation by country, the firm seeks to achieve consistent performance relative to international equity indexes. MLAM combines top-down and bottom-up analysis and uses proprietary models as part of their research process. Their funds are team-managed.

Citadel Advisors employs, for the benefit of the funds, proprietary investment strategies based upon fundamental research as well as on quantitative analysis. The firm invests in the global public equity, fixed-income, credit and options markets.

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Alyeska employs both fundamental and quantitative analysis of publicly traded companies and their respective securities. The firm seeks to generate a consistent, long-term appreciation of assets through the active management of an equity-focused portfolio which includes sector specific, market-neutral sub-portfolios together with various complementary equity-focused investment strategies. They have flexibility to invest in a wide range of listed and OTC equity, equity-linked and credit instruments as well as other asset classes in connection with the fundamental and quantitative strategies that they employ.