John P. Clay

Clay Finlay (CF) offers Global, International, Emerging Markets, Pacific Basin and Europe mandates. They tend to invest in the stocks of large-cap companies in the finance, health technology and energy minerals sectors. The firm first creates an investable universe, eliminating companies with highly volatile earnings or insufficient market capitalizations and free float. They then conduct further screening by looking at valuation to long-term growth rates. The firm also screens companies by sector and region. They use internally generated research on the resulting focus list. This includes visits to companies to research valuation, management, financial strength and competitive positioning. CF uses a team approach, with the investment policy committee setting macroeconomic strategy and the Chief Investment Officer and portfolio managers assuming portfolio construction and risk control duties. The firm maintains a high turnover rate.