Jill Richman

Allspring utilizes proprietary investment allocation systems in conjunction with the securities selection services provided by their portfolio managers to create and maintain actively managed investment portfolios intended to meet the requirements of its clients’ investment needs. The firm offers a variety of equity, multi-asset, and fixed income investment strategies. These investment strategies (collectively) may invest in a wide variety of financial instruments. Allspring employs bottom-up company specific analysis to find securities with under-appreciated prospects.

Evergreen Investment Management offers a variety of equity investment products including domestic, international, global and emerging markets portfolios which are available using both fundamental and quantitative investment processes. The firm's domestic and international fixed-income strategies include short-term, money market, municipal, investment grade, high yield and structured solutions. Though not limited by sector or market-cap, the firm tends to invest in the stocks of companies in the finance, electronic technology and health technology sectors. Evergreen invests globally across all market-caps. The firm maintains a medium turnover rate. Evergreen's domestic, international and global strategies are managed by Metropolitan West Capital Management (MWCM). These strategies invest in high-conviction ideas with a long-term focus on value. MWCM employs rigorous research and an objective sell discipline to construct and actively monitor portfolios of high quality companies around the world. Evergreen's enhanced equity strategies are managed by Global Strategic Products. The strategies seek to achieve repeatable, competitive results through a disciplined quantitative approach. Portfolios are designed to seek consistent outperformance of their benchmarks with lower risk. The strategies employ disciplined proprietary analytical tools and systems to identify repeatable sources of value in the equity markets. Strategies include index and enhanced index equity products. The firm's core equity strategies are managed by Golden Capital Management. These strategies use a consistent, risk-controlled approach to core investing through all market cycles with a focus on capital growth and preservation. Portfolios consist of companies with attractive valuations and strong earnings that produce competitive long-term returns with relatively low volatility. The core-style investment process blends quantitative and fundamental analyses. Evergreen's domestic and international equity strategies are managed by Berkeley Street Equity. The strategies use fundamental analysis to identify companies with superior growth and value potential. Berkeley Street Equity constructs and monitors portfolios across the full range of core equity, sector-specific and international mandates. They employ fundamental, bottom-up research to identify quality investments for their growth and value portfolios. In addition to their US market portfolios, Berkeley Street Equity also offers global and international portfolios designed to provide investors with broad global diversification through core, fundamentally-oriented portfolios that are responsive to changing global equity markets. The firm's global fixed-income strategies are managed by First International Advisors. The strategies invest in investment grade, non-US debt securities while also seeking capital appreciation opportunities in emerging markets and below investment grade bonds. The firm pursues a variety of sectors and regions for diversification and offers currency overlay capabilities.

SMC Fixed Income Management's (SMC) investment strategy is designed to optimize tax-exempt income while avoiding undue credit and interest rate risk. In constructing portfolios, the firm employs both bottom-up and top-down analysis. Their research focuses on identifying undervalued sectors and credits with rating upgrade and capital appreciation potential.