Kate M. Jones

FPA's stock selection process is driven by a series of variables that measure the relative attractiveness of securities. These measures focus on several themes: relative value, fundamental momentum, long-term growth, price momentum, future value and management signals. All securities are given a decile ranking of 1 through 10 with 1 being the most attractive and 10 being the least attractive. The first decile measures the annualized average return of those securities that their analysts rate highest, conversely the tenth decile represents the return of those stocks they believe are most unattractive. This process is designed for FPA to buy securities from the first and second deciles, hold securities in the third through fifth deciles, and sell securities that migrate into the sixth through tenth deciles. Stocks move into the sell area by appreciating beyond what FPA determines to be their fair value or by deteriorating fundamentals. FPA constructs portfolios using a bottom-up approach. There is a neutral exposure to industries relative to their client benchmarks. The same is true regarding style and size effects. They build portfolios that have similar style characteristics as the benchmark as well as the same level of capitalization. Within each sector and style subset they overweight the most attractive stocks and underweight or zero weight the stocks that they have ranked least attractive.

Mellon Investments offers a range of alpha and beta investment strategies designed to meet each client's specific needs. Their disciplined approach is grounded in long-term economic relationships and provides an integrated view of the distinct components that comprise the global financial market. The firm's primary investment strategies include Active Equity, Active Fixed Income, Index, and Multi-Asset and Multi-Factor.

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