Curran Investment Management Awarded Highest Top Gun 6-Star Designation by Informa Financial Intelligence

March 29, 2023
Originally published FEBRUARY 17, 2022

We are pleased to announce we have been awarded PSN Top Guns distinctions for our Curran Core Growth Equity strategy by Informa Financial Intelligence’s PSN manager database, North America’s longest running database of investment managers, period ending December 31, 2021.

“It’s an honor to be recognized again by PSN’s Top Guns. It’s challenging to outperform while taking less risk than the benchmark index." ~ Kevin T. Curran, Co-CEO and Chief Investment Officer

Designations for Curran Investment Management’s Curran Core Growth Equity Strategy Include:

  • Ranked #2 total return for a 5-year period in the 5-star and 6-star category among 146 firms and 244 products total within the Large Core Equity Universe.
  • Ranked #2 total return for a 5-year period in the 5-star category among 269 firms and 654 products total within the US Core Universe.
  • Ranked #5 total return for a 5-year period in the 6-star category among 269 firms and 654 products total within the US Core Universe.
  • Bull/Bear Master, ranked #3 within the Large Core Equity Universe among 146 firms and 244 products and #5 total return within the U.S Core Universe among 269 firms and 654 products

Top Gun firms are awarded a rating ranging from one to six stars, with the number of stars representing continued performance over time.

In the 6-star category, our Curran Core Growth Equity Strategy had an r-squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for the recent five-year period. Moreover, our strategy’s returns exceeded the style benchmark for the three latest three-year rolling periods. Products are then selected which have a standard deviation for the five-year period equal or less than the median standard deviation for the peer group. The top ten information ratios for the latest five-year period then become the 6 Star Top Guns.

In the 5-star category, our Curran Core Growth Equity Strategy had an R-Squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for the recent five-year period. Products are then selected which have a standard deviation for the five-year period equal or less than the median standard deviation for the peer group. Moreover, products must have returns greater than the style benchmark for the three latest three-year rolling periods. The peer groups were created using the information collected through the PSN investment manager questionnaire and uses only gross of fee returns. PSN Top Guns investment managers must claim that they are GIPs compliant. The top ten returns for the latest three-year period then become the Top Guns.

To achieve a Bull/Bear Master ranking, managers must outperform their benchmark during periods of up markets and decline less than the benchmark during periods of down markets.

Top Guns rankings, recognize manager achievement and outperformance measured against their benchmarks. The complete list of PSN Top Guns can be located at Zephyr's PSN Universe Database. PSN is widely used by institutions and consultants in finding and tracking investment manager performance.

Past Performance does not guarantee future results.  The information herein is considered to be obtained from reference sources deemed reliable.  All Investments carry risks, including possible loss of principal.

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