Michael Barron

ICC Capital's investment products include: Multi-Cap, Core Value, Large-Cap Growth, International Equity, Mid-Cap Core, Sector Rotational Core, Core Fixed Income, Core Plus, TIPS and Wealth Management. ICC's Multi-Cap Equity strategy invests in US and foreign value and growth stocks of any market-cap. The strategy focuses concentrating portfolio exposure within broad market sectors and securities demonstrating market inefficiencies and trying to capitalize on them before they revert to a condition of rational pricing. ICC's Core Value Equity uses a quantitative approach to avoid human bias and invests in US and foreign value stocks of any market-cap. ICC's Large-Cap Growth strategy seeks to exploit benchmark abnormalities by overweighting or underweighting the sectors in the benchmark. It invests in US and foreign growth stocks of any market-cap. The Mid-Cap Core strategy seeks to realize above-market, long-term returns through bottom-up fundamental research and stock-picking. It invests in mid-cap stocks (although the portfolio may hold up to 40% in large-cap stocks). [ICC's International ADR Equity strategy starts with top-down analysis that monitors regional and country specific conditions to judge a country’s overall attractiveness for investment and drives country allocation bets relative to the Bank of NY ADR Index based on a particular country’s rating in ICC’s model. The firm's Core Fixed-Income strategy seeks to maximize yield and allow the opportunity for capital appreciation through duration, issue and yield curve management. Portfolios are concentrated in Treasury, Government Agency and investment grade corporate bonds. The Core Plus strategy seeks superior long-term investment returns and short-term capital gains to enhance underlying cash returns. It may purchase any bond, preferred stock, convertible bond or other fixed income security with a credit rating of BB+ or better by at least one rating agency. All purchases or sales of securities are hedged on a duration neutral basis with the appropriate corresponding Treasury Bond. ICC's Sector Rotational Core Equity fund seeks attractive opportunities across sectors, styles and market-caps in the US market. It uses a multi-factor quantitative model along with technical and macroeconomic analysis to construct a portfolio. ICC's TIPS strategy seeks to provide clients a safe and inflation-adjusted return of their capital by investing in high quality Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS). Their Wealth Management invests in US and foreign value stocks of any market-cap, along with bond index ETFs as a means to minimize risk.

Invesco Advisers provides a variety of services across a broad spectrum of investment strategies, sectors and asset classes. The firm utilizes several different methodologies, each predicated on a rigorous, bottom-up, value-oriented security selection process.

Provides investment management services

Knott Capital Management invests primarily in the stocks of US large-cap companies in the finance, electronic technology, technology services, healthcare technology and energy minerals sectors. The firm employs a top-down investment process that is based on the economy and interest rates. They begin with an in-house macroeconomic forecast that incorporates GDP, interest rates, Federal Reserve policy, inflation/deflation pressures, labor market studies and productivity gains. Knott Capital Management overweights sectors whose fundamentals are more favored by a macro view. They underweight or avoid industries that are impaired by the forecast. The firm uses a bottom-up approach to select individual securities. This process incorporates in-house, independent and Wall Street sources. They look for companies within their identified sectors with superior products/services, strong business models with pricing power and exceptional management teams. From a valuation standpoint, Knott Capital Management invests in companies that trade at a reasonable multiple relative to their normalized growth rate, their sector peers and the market. The firm maintains a very high turnover rate

Valley Forge Capital Advisors is a GARP manager. They invest primarily in the stocks of US companies in the electronic technology, finance and health technology sectors. The firm invests across all market-caps. Valley Forge Capital Advisors maintains a high turnover rate.

Functions as a College/University

Revolution Growth Management invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of health care, education, transportation, energy, financial services, food and government services. It provides financing for early and growth stage capital requirements with an investment size of USD 25 - 50 million.

Vineland Ventures invests in companies located in Northern Europe. The firm focuses on the technology sector. It participates in early stage transactions.