Brian Leslie Hessel

Seligman manages portfolios employing a team approach. Each investment team leader is a Managing Director. Their investment teams conduct primary research on all securities considered for inclusion in their portfolios. Their research on potential stock purchases includes on-site visits and one-on-one meetings with management to assess the quality, prospects and direction of a company. Seligman takes the following steps to address investment risk in the portfolios: minimal-to-no cash positions, fundamental research, close management contact and continuous evaluation of their holdings. Their analysts are organized by industry specializations. The investment decision-making process is overseen by the CIO and implemented by each team leader.

Provides investment advice

Functions as a College/University

Stonegate Capital Management specializes in the management of high yield bond portfolios for institutional investors. Their structured products include cash flow high yield bond CBOs and market value high yield bond CBOs. The firm performs extensive fundamental credit research while maintaining adequate levels of diversification by industry and issuer. Their investment philosophy is to overweight defensive issuers in investor portfolios. Stonegate looks for bonds issued by companies that generate strong, predictable, and growing cash flow.

Operates as a full service swaps dealer

GCA’s investment analysis and strategy includes the allocation of assets through the use of fundamental research by taking long and short positions predominantly in the debt and/or equity (or derivatives thereon) of highly leveraged companies.