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Alpha Quant® Small Cap portfolio is a multi-strategy portfolio that combines distinct systematic sub-strategies across small-capitalization quality and value investment styles. The portfolio is comprised of small-cap stocks selected based on profitability, valuation, low debt and strong cash flows. The strategy is built bottom-up and diversified across sectors and industries.

The portfolio is managed with a fundamentally based, systematic process with portfolio adjustments and annual rebalancing to equal weight to maintain the portfolio’s focused fundamental profile.

Alpha Quant® Small Cap Quality portfolio is a multi-strategy, systematic portfolio that invests in companies based on profitability, low debt, and strong cash flows. Based on the underlying factors employed, this quality-oriented portfolio may tend to display value characteristics as well. The strategy is built bottom-up and diversified across sectors and industries.

The portfolio is managed with a fundamentally based, systematic process with portfolio adjustments and annual rebalancing to equal weight at the sub-strategy level to maintain the portfolio’s focused fundamental profile.

Alpha Quant® Small Cap Value portfolio is a systematic strategy that invests in companies with strong cash flows, lower debt and high free cash flow yield. With the goal of avoiding value traps, the strategy excludes companies with high levels of short interest. The strategy is built bottom-up and diversified across sectors and industries.

The portfolio is managed with a fundamentally based, systematic process with portfolio adjustments and annual rebalancing to equal weight to maintain the portfolio’s focused fundamental profile.

SmartALPHA® Defensive Equity Strategy aims to outperform the market over a full market cycle. It is expected to strongly out-perform during periods of economic contraction through recession phases. The portfolio is managed to track an equal-weighted blend of the SmartALPHA® Defensive Growth and Value Indexes with the goal of further factor and style diversification. The indexes are constructed with a rules-based process with quarterly reconstitution and annual rebalancing to maintain the focused fundamental profile.

SmartALPHA® Defensive Growth Equity Strategy aims to outperform the market over a full market cycle. It is expected to strongly out-perform during periods of economic contraction through recession phases. The portfolio will typically display strong earnings and revenue momentum and good cash flow generation. The portfolio is managed to mirror the underlying SmartALPHA® Defensive Growth Index. Portfolio is driven by a rules-based process with quarterly rebalancing to maintain the portfolio’s focused fundamental profile.

SmartALPHA® Defensive Value Equity Strategy aims to outperform the market over a full market cycle. It is expected to strongly out-perform during periods of economic contraction through recession phases. The portfolio will typically display strong free cash flow generation, lower debt leverage and lower valuation multiples as compared to the benchmark and peers. The portfolio is managed to mirror the underlying SmartALPHA® Defensive Value Index. Portfolio is driven by a rules-based process with quarterly reconstitution and annual rebalancing to maintain the portfolio’s focused fundamental profile.

Alpha Quant® SMID Cap portfolio is a multi-strategy portfolio that combines distinct systematic sub-strategies across small- and mid-capitalization quality and value investment styles. The portfolio is comprised of small- and mid-cap stocks selected based on profitability, valuation, low debt and strong cash flows. The strategy is built bottom-up and diversified across sectors and industries.

The portfolio is managed with a fundamentally based, systematic process with portfolio adjustments and annual rebalancing to equal weight to maintain the portfolio’s focused fundamental profile.

Alpha Quant® Value Equity is a focused portfolio of 30 stocks that exhibit attractive valuations across large‐ and mid‐cap stocks. The strategy aims to exploit investors’ fixation with short‐term events and underappreciation of cash‐flow trends. The portfolio will typically display strong free cash flow generation, lower debt leverage and lower valuation multiples as compared to the benchmark and peers. The portfolio is managed with a fundamentally based, systematic process with quarterly rebalancing to maintain the portfolio’s focused fundamental profile.

DUE DILIGENCE REPORT – LARGE CAP US EQUITIES

September 26, 2025
By Jen Hill  

Top tips for young financial advisors

July 30, 2025 by Suleman Din and Bernice Napach

Take the uphill challenge of building a book of business from scratch.

You’ve leveraged your network of friends and family, and now you’re stretching to cut through the noise of everyday digital distractions to impress prospects. You’re in an advisory firm trying to learn from the same seasoned professionals you’re hoping to impress. You’re also gaining hands-on experience in the industry’s complexity and learning how to comply with its regulatory requirements.

Looking back on their beginnings in the business, several advisors say that young professionals can build a successful practice with less pain by honing their communication skills, pursuing continuous education, cultivating a solid network, and prioritizing integrity.

They’ve shared their top tips with Action! Magazine to help young financial advisors establish themselves as credible, reliable and knowledgeable professionals ready to guide clients through their financial journeys confidently and clearly.

Veteran women advisors offer career advice to up-and-comers

July 22, 2025

Women represent 31% of US financial advisors at last check, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That means they have a lot of room for growth in the wealth management industry, especially for young female advisors getting started.

But wait! There’s more good news for up-and-coming women advisors!

The next generation of female advisors will also have a huge advantage when accumulating assets in the coming years. Studies show women will inherit the majority of the $124 trillion in Baby Boomer and Gen X wealth set to be transferred over the course of the next two decades, and many of those wealth inheritors will be solely seeking to connect with female advisors who better understand their financial and career circumstances.

So what are veteran female advisors telling the new generation of women wealth managers to prepare them for this brave new world?

Procyon buys $600m Connecticut RIA in first deal post-Constellation investment

July 8, 2025