Jared Martin

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Innovest Portfolio Solutions focuses on designing portfolios that provide their clients the opportunity to meet their goals while minimizing unnecessary volatility. The firm's approach to portfolio design and manager selection emphasizes forward-looking analysis. Innovest's investment philosophy and process are based on the principle that over 90% of the variability of portfolio performance is attributable to asset allocation. They believe that quantifying the downside risk of a portfolio is the best way to communicate and measure portfolio volatility and that proper benchmarking is critical in evaluating investment performance. Innovest also believes that diversification is key to capital preservation and that proper diversification can reduce investment risk. The firm strives to exploit market inefficiencies through active management, although passive management may be appropriate in certain circumstances.

MissionSquare Retirement-IM’s investment approach is based on their belief that, in addition to traditional investment approaches, such as diversification, asset allocation, and a long-term perspective, a multi-manager approach and investment style serve investors who are working to build retirement security. Managers with different but complementary investing approaches are selected and integrated within a single fund in proportions that are expected to optimize return relative to risk. The firm believes this not only increases diversification but also may improve the consistency of returns over time by eliminating reliance on the results of a single manager.