Grant A. Patrick

As an active manager, ABN AMRO Asset Management seeks consistent performance within a well-monitored risk environment. Equity investments are biased toward quality growth companies that are expected to outperform over the long term. They favor companies that are dominant in their industries and represent quality among their peers. AAM blends company and sector views with macroeconomic analysis. Their fixed-income investment process takes financial, economic, valuation and sentiment factors into account as well as the macroeconomic climate, shifts in capital flows and trends in the market. This approach is based upon a fundamental approach to duration, yield curve and spread analysis. Portfolio management teams make the final investment decisions based primarily upon internal analyst recommendations. Research is bottom-up and fundamental with quantitative systems and screens used to support and confirm analyst ratings.

BPOC invests in middle - market companies located in the United States with an EBITDA of at least USD 3 million. The firm focuses on outsourced services, products & distribution, and pharmacy & pharma services sectors. It provides financing for buyout and growth stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging from USD 25 to 100 million. The firm acquires majority and minority investments and makes co-investments.

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BlueStar Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses in technology, Internet and telecommunications. It participates in seed capital requirements with investment size ranging from USD1 to USD3 million.

Functions as a College/University