ASSET ALLOCATION & MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC


Asset Allocation & Management Company, LLC (AAM) is a registered investment advisor with the SEC and was founded in 1982 to provide insurance companies with both the expertise of an independent investment advisor and the practical knowledge of the regulatory and competitive environment in which insurance companies operate. Over nearly three decades, we have built an organization dedicated to meeting insurance company investment management needs with expertise in fixed income investing, accounting, tax modeling, asset/liability matching and other insurance-related disciplines. As of December 31, 2019, we managed $27.9 billion in assets for 115 insurance company clients, across all segments of the industry. Of total AUM, less than 1.0% is related to a single private wealth management client. At AAM, we understand that investing successfully for insurance companies requires not just a firm grasp of market opportunities, but also a knowledge of the unique parameters, guidelines, regulatory considerations and risk constraints for each client. Rather than a one-size-fits-all investment strategy, at AAM we work with investors to construct customized multi-sector fixed-income portfolios that fit each company’s objectives and its requirements for yield, total return, risk and tax exposure. We pursue this customized approach by offering the following fixed-income investment strategies.

Core Bond – Core bond offers insurers a broadly diversified investment grade portfolio that emphasizes stable income, predictable cash flows and stable credit ratings with the goal of generating consistent excess returns relative to the market. The core bond strategy incorporates top-down and bottom-up inputs into a relative value framework for identifying sector weightings and specific security recommendations. Targeted Duration – This strategy specifies a duration target that matches a pool of investment assets with the liability stream of a specific line of business. Our investment strategists work with a client’s internal or consulting actuary to identify the duration and convexity characteristics of a liability to construct a customized portfolio that should exhibit price movements similar to the liability. To maintain the targeted duration, the strategy tends to avoid sectors with embedded prepayment risk, such as mortgage-backed collateral and callable bonds. As a result, there is a greater focus on longer duration corporate (public and private) bonds, taxable municipals and call-protected structured products. Crossover – AAM’s distinctive crossover strategy seeks to generate higher tax-adjusted income with more consistent after-tax total returns for taxable clients by opportunistically shifting its exposure to tax-free municipal bonds. Typically the portfolio will own a mix of taxable bonds — including corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities, government securities, taxable municipal bonds and cash equivalents — as well as an allocation of tax-exempt municipal bonds. Structured Products – As with all of AAM’s fixed income investment strategies, our structured products investment process relies heavily on specific security selection to identify opportunities that demonstrate cash flow stability and attractive return potential

while avoiding the potential for credit impairments. Fundamental analysis, independent of credit ratings and other standard risk measures, involves a three-step process in which we evaluate the issuer and servicer of a security, the underlying collateral and the various risk characteristics of the collateral and the transaction structure. This allows us to determine how cash flows, loss potential and structural protections embedded in the security might affect the portfolio. Monthly surveillance of holdings includes reviewing important credit metrics and modeling security credit performance. Results are available to assist our clients with the preparation of their accounting records, as appropriate. Corporate Bonds – Appropriate for yield-oriented investors, such as Life and Annuity companies seeking additional spreads over their liabilities. Using proprietary tools, we continually measure risk versus return at the sector, industry and individual credit levels. Using this research, our portfolio managers construct diversified portfolios of bonds that meet client guidelines for risk, duration, yield and total return targets. Private Placements – Privately placed debt encompasses a wide variety of fixed income investments including corporate obligations, real estate related, project finance and asset- backed loans for midsize to large companies. It provides an enhanced yield over comparably rated public securities as well as access to issuers that are not available in the public market. Engaging AAM as a private placement investment manager is appropriate for sophisticated investors who can accept fluctuations in principal value and limited liquidity.

AAM also offers investors access to the convertible-bond, high-yield, private placement, and actively managed equity markets under investment management agreements separate from the fixed-income investment management services described above. Through sub- advised relationships AAM offers a risk-controlled, quantitative approach to managing convertible portfolios (Zazove Associates, LLC); intermediate and short duration high yield and bank loan portfolio management strategies (Muzinich & Company, Inc.); expanded access to the private place market (Securian Asset Management, Inc.); and, active equity management (RiverPoint Capital Management). Additional information about Zazove, Muzinich, Securian and RiverPoint is available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. AAM customized specialty services include ERM Integration, Investment Accounting, Policy Statement Review, Rating Agency Support, Peer Analysis, Tax Modeling, Liquidity Management, Regulatory Support, Income Forecasting, and Online Portfolio Reporting. AAM does not participate in, recommend or offer wrap fee programs to our clients. As of December 31, 2019 we managed $25,557 million in client assets on a discretionary basis and $2,387 million in client assets on a non-discretionary basis. Asset Allocation & Management Company, LLC is principally owned by Securian AAM Holdings, LLC, a company organized to hold subsidiary entities that is entirely owned by Minnesota Life Insurance Company and indirectly controlled by Securian Financial Group, Inc. please register to get more info

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