William B. Batcheller

BWAM is a large-cap growth manager. They maintain a conservative approach to the securities industry, stressing the long-term appreciation of equities. They are also acutely aware of market volatility and realize there are times in economic cycles when investing in bonds or cash would be prudent. Their management process includes extensive research, strategic planning and on-going evaluation. In an effort to maximize returns and minimize risk, strict pricing policies place limitations on buy/sell decisions. BWAM uses a bottom-up research approach to seek stocks with strong fundamentals and above-average earnings.

AAM is organized around nine investment style teams. While subscribing to a common overall investment philosophy of portfolio style diversification and a common top-down economic outlook, each team functions with an investment boutique orientation, supporting research, portfolio management and portfolio construction processes unique to its specialized investment style. Each investment style team consists of portfolio managers, analysts and administrative support personnel. There are seven equity investment style teams, reflecting the specializations of large/mid/small-cap growth, large/small-cap value, the S&P 500 index and international securities. Two fixed-income teams are organized around taxable and tax-exempt fixed-income management. The fixed income teams consist of specialists in treasury/agency, corporate, mortgage, asset backed and municipal securities, as well as a credit analysis staff. The fixed-income team supports the investment styles of aggregate, intermediate government/corporate, intermediate tax exempt, GNMA, 1-3 year government/corporate and short duration/liquidity securities.