Scott Wittman

Provides commercial banking services

Munder Capital Management offers a variety of investment disciplines including large-, mid-, and small-cap growth, small-cap value, international equity and taxable and municipal fixed income. Generally, securities are identified for equity accounts through a variety of fundamental factors such as earnings growth, capital efficiency and valuations. More subjective factors are often considered, such as the quality of the business model, competitive profile and quality of management. Technical factors are also often utilized, such as a company’s relative valuation, momentum and market sentiment. Portfolio construction is monitored and managed through risk controls such as overall tracking effort relative to the portfolio’s benchmark and maintaining discipline on targeted sector exposure, position size and capitalization. Fixed income strategies begin with a view of the economic fundamentals, which may be influenced by the Federal Reserve Bank’s policy intentions, inflation intentions and growth expectations and then key risks are identified, such as regulatory risks, merger and activity risks, and sovereign or contagion risks. These views lead to decisions on how to position a portfolio on the yield curve, opportunistic sector allocations to take advantage of any price discrepancies and, ultimately, security selection. Securities are generally selected by identifying securities with a low probability of a negative credit event, using a proprietary financial ratio model to identify purchase and sale candidates, and searching the market for individual pricing inefficiencies.

ACIM uses a variety of methods of analysis and investment strategies in managing their clients’ assets. These methods of analysis and strategies are generally designed for strategic, long-term investing. Most client portfolios managed by the firm pursue an investment strategy using an equity, fixed income, alternative or multi-asset approach.

Vantage Investment Advisors' investment approach focuses on asset allocation. The firm may make changes to the asset class weightings within a client's long-term asset allocation in response to changes in economic conditions, analyst forecasts or market trends. Changes to the asset allocation may also occur periodically to ensure that the portfolio complements each client's investment goals and individual circumstances. Through rebalancing, a buy low, sell high investment strategy is implemented to return clients to their target asset mix. The firm does not view rebalancing as an automatic process. Instead, they carefully review current economic conditions, the client's individual profile and potential tax consequences before making adjustments. The firm primarily allocates client investment assets among various individual equity (stocks), debt (bonds) and fixed income securities, mutual funds and/or ETFs, and independent investment managers on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis in accordance with the client’s designated investment objectives.

Quantitative investment management

Functions as a College/University