T. Rowe Price Associates' investment approach is based on the belief that fundamental proprietary research drives value-added, active investment management. The firm maintains a global research platform that includes interconnected teams of research analysts. Their strategy begins with bottom-up analysis. T. Rowe Price uses both qualitative and quantitative analysis to evaluate investment opportunities. Portfolios are created with a commitment to diversification and a strict attention to valuation appropriate to the chosen investment universe.For their institutional clients, T. Rowe Price Associates maintains multiple active management strategies in equity and fixed-income asset classes. These strategies include: (1) US, global, and international equity mandates including small-, mid- and large-cap, growth, value and core, index-enhanced, as well as sector-specific equity mandates and (2) US, global and international fixed-income mandates including active taxable (core plus, core, enhanced bond), cash management, short-term, high yield, global, emerging markets, municipal and sector-specific fixed-income mandates. In addition, the firm's Private Asset management Group provides balanced, equity and fixed-income investment management services to meet the needs of individuals, trusts, endowments, foundations, institutions, retirement plans and IRAs and other entities.

Baillie Gifford is an active, team-oriented, research-based manager which is completely focused on delivering long-term returns. They construct concentrated portfolios and invest with a global perspective. Their diversified strategies maximize investment opportunities, aiming to achieve steady returns.For equities, the firm's analysts conduct qualitative, fundamental analysis to identify the most competitive, innovative and efficient growth companies.For fixed-income, they invest in government bonds and currencies, investment grade, high yield and emerging market bonds. To avoid taking unintended risk, they complement this with thematic analysis and common sense.

Jennison Associates (JA) has expertise in a range of equity strategies across styles and market-caps, as well as fixed income strategies. The firm manages portfolios based on internal fundamental research, bottom-up security selection and a highly interactive investment process. They use quantitative tools to create and manage some of their customized equity portfolios and quantitatively hedged portfolios.Jennison Associates provides investment management services to separate account and collectively managed vehicles in the following disciplines: Growth Equity (Large-Cap and Global Healthcare/Health Sciences), Opportunistic Equity (Long-Only Value and Multi-Asset), Small and Mid Cap Equity, Global Equity (Global, International and Emerging Markets), Large Cap Value, Global Infrastructure , Equity Income & Rising Dividend, and Fixed Income. They also manage portfolios concentrated in the following sectors: global natural resources, utilities and master limited partnerships.The objective of Jennison Associates' fixed income strategies is to provide the desired alpha without taking excessive fundamental risk. They focus on investment grade market sectors including Treasuries, agencies, corporates, asset-backed securities and mortgage-related securities, including CMOs and pass-throughs. The firm's fixed income approach is based on their belief that investment values, yield spreads and yield curve shapes will revert to the mean (average) over time. They look for sources of alpha from a combination of security selection, yield curve management, sector rotation and active trading.

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