Lei Zhong

WMC relies on their extensive independent research and includes portfolio management styles and approaches in equities, fixed income securities, currencies and commodities, as well as asset allocation across these categories. The firm has several different disciplines when approaching research and these include asset allocation analysts, currency analysts, data scientists, factor analysts, fixed income credit analysts, fixed income market analysts, global industry analysts and research associates, macro-analysts, quantitative analysts and technical analysts.

Wasatch develops a fundamental, bottom-up research method that focuses on the long-term growth potential of companies and finding market inefficiencies. The firm initially focused on investing in the stocks of companies with small market capitalizations, and over time has organically evolved into additional asset classes. They select investments for clients based solely on investment considerations, including whether the investments are suitable for the client and consistent with the client’s investment objectives and guidelines.

Designs, manufactures and markets fine women's clothing and accessories

Rice Hall James constructs portfolios of micro, small, and SMID-cap stocks. Their unique investment process relies on bottom-up, fundamental research to identify compelling stories of undervalued or undiscovered growth within this universe. The firm primarily invests in companies with price/earnings ratios that are lower than those companies’ three- to five- year projected earnings growth rates, which is what they consider Growth at Reasonable Price (GARP).

Operates as a consumer group that manufactures apparel, accessories, biopharmaceuticals, surgical devices, factory automation machinery and provides insurance, patient care, asset, fund management, iron ore mining services & operates hotels

Acts as Private Equity Fund

Provides investment management, consulting and marketing services

Functions as a College/University