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Our Investment Advisor
National City Investment Management Company
How does a broadly diversified fund family, like
Armada, ensure that every one of the mutual
funds
stays true to style? Our investment
advisor, National
City Investment Management
Company (IMC), relies on its
style specific portfolio
management teams and rigorous,
structured
management processes to ensure its clarity of
purpose. IMC’s 45 investment professionals are organized
into nine highly focused portfolio management teams. Each
team focuses on a specific management style or market
sector; working to uncover the best opportunities within
the boundaries of their funds’ investment objectives. IMC’s
teams communicate, collaborate and cooperate as they seek
to provide Armada Funds’ shareholders with returns that are
higher, more consistent, and less volatile than those of their
benchmark indices or peers.
“You’re not hiring a portfolio manager; you’re hiring a team of managers,” says Andrew Harding, Senior Manager for the Taxable Fixed Income team.
Click here to view and download photos of our management teams and portfolio managers.
Click here to research the biographies of our Investment Team Professionals.
Structure: Stability and Independence
As part of National City Corporation, IMC benefits from the stability provided by a multi-billion dollar parent company (one of the top five “super regional” banks in Fortune Magazine’s list of America’s most admired companies), yet it has the independence to attract and keep experienced portfolio managers and analysts. Dan Bandi, IMC’s Managing Director of Equity Investment, explains it this way, “Being part of National City gives us the ability to compete with the big guys in terms of research, trading and access to information, but also lets us be small enough to give our customers personal attention.”
IMC’s Specialized Management Teams
- Large Cap Growth Equity
- Mid Cap Growth Equity
- Small Cap Growth Equity
- Large Cap Value Equity
- Small Cap Value Equity
- International Equity
- Core Equity
- Taxable Fixed Income
- Money Market Funds
- Municipal Fixed Income
Strategy: Balancing Discipline, Risk Control and Opportunity
IMC’s strategy is to provide every management team with access to cutting edge technology and resources. Each style specific
team follows a rigorous, well-defined process to uncover potential and eliminate uncompensated risk. The teams are empowered to
perform and accountable for their results. This strategy - balancing discipline, risk control and opportunity has produced solid
results over time.
A Passionate Commitment to Our Investors
Deciding how to invest your hard-earned savings is a challenging undertaking. Many people choose to work with financial advisors who help them determine investment goals, assess risk tolerances, and choose appropriate asset allocation strategies. The next critical step is selecting a broadly diversified mutual fund family to satisfy your asset allocation. We hope you’ll choose Armada with the knowledge that our style specific mutual funds will remain true to their investment objectives, so you can remain true to yours.
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