Dan Hanson

Provides investment advisory, investment management, investment product underwriting, distribution and administrative services

BlackRock Advisors offers investors around the world a variety of investment products that span across asset classes, market-caps, investment styles and geographic regions. Their mandates include cash management, equity, fixed income, alternative, multi-asset and quantitative equity strategies.

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.

Functions as a College/University

Functions as a College/University

Operates as an association of investment professionals

NBIA offers investment solutions across asset classes, styles, capitalizations and geographies in both public and private markets, as well as multi-asset class solutions. The firm’s investment teams employ distinct investment processes that incorporate various methods of securities analysis.

Ivy Investments has investment principles through all the market cycles that shape their investment philosophy and approach to asset management. These principles include: rigorous fundamental research, collaboration and accountability, and growth and protection of investors’ assets. Their strategies are based on fundamental research and their investment process. The firm balances the top-down analysis with a bottom-up (researching individual issuers) stock selection process in an effort to identify stocks that it believes may outperform that market over a one- to three-year time period and are best positioned to maximize their competitive advantage.

Operates as a professional organization