John Bailey

Provides personal, commercial, corporate & investment banking, wealth management and capital markets services

AEGON investments are comprised primarily of bonds, with remaining assets invested in commercial mortgage loans, alternative investments and equities. The firm seeks to identify unrecognized growth potential in markets and individual stocks through a combination of active top-down and bottom-up analysis. Their investment process employs fundamentally driven research that is supported by quantitative analysis which results in the screening and ranking of markets and stocks and consistent implementation across portfolios. Though not limited by sector, the firm tends to invest in the stocks of small-cap and mid-cap companies in the finance, utilities, technology services and non-energy minerals sectors. AEGON maintains a low turnover rate.

Operates as a national bank

Functions as a College/University

Aegon AM US provides active management of portfolios that invest primarily in fixed income assets classes, but also may utilize equities, loans, and derivatives. The investment process for most of the firm's fundamental fixed income investment strategies combines top-down macroeconomic outlooks with bottom-up credit research in a procedure overlaid with risk monitoring and risk management. This disciplined process emphasizes consistent research and analysis of fundamentals, sentiment and positioning, technical, and valuation.