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Maverick’s investment process is driven by intensive, fundamental bottom-up research. They deploy capital to individual investment opportunities that they believe offer the highest returns relative to risk, regardless of index weightings, market capitalization, or style orientations. Their research is augmented by a top-down view of individual industries and the efforts of their quantitative research team. The firm’s investment team is organized into four industry sector teams: consumer, healthcare, cyclicals, and technology. The industry sector teams are supported by two disciplined research teams (private investments and quantitative).;

Bennett Lawrence Management (BLM) conducts in-house primary research to identify unique, high growth investment opportunities. Their strategies include: the Bennett Lawrence Growth Equity Composite, the Bennett Lawrence Mid-Cap Composite, The Bennett Lawrence Growth Equity Composite is an all-cap growth strategy. The composite contains the performance results of all fully discretionary portfolios in this strategy. The market-caps of these portfolios fluctuate depending upon market conditions. BLM's growth equity portfolios are suitable for investors seeking long-term capital appreciation. Investments are made in competitively advantaged companies that serve high growth markets. Portfolios are privately managed and tax considerations, social/religious concerns and other client issues may be included in the process. The Bennett Lawrence Mid-Cap Composite is a mid-cap growth strategy. The composite contains the performance results of all fully discretionary portfolios. 80% of the portfolio's equity market value is typically invested in the stocks of companies with a market-cap of $15 billion or less at cost. In general, the weighted average market-cap of the portfolio will be no more than 1.5 times the weighted average capitalization of the Russell Midcap Growth Index. Investments are made in competitively advantaged companies that serve high growth markets. Portfolios are privately managed and tax considerations, social/religious concerns and other client issues may be included in the process. The Bennett Lawrence Small-Cap Composite is a small-cap growth strategy. The composite contains the performance results of all fully discretionary portfolios. In general, 75% of BLM's small-cap portfolios' holdings will be in the shares of companies with a market-cap of $2.5 billion or less at the time of initial purchase. Portfolios seek to provide long-term growth investors a way to access growth opportunities in the shares of smaller companies. Portfolios are privately managed and tax considerations, social/religious concerns and other client issues may be included in the process. BLM's long/short seeks to amplify the core concepts of their growth investment approach through the use of leverage and short positions. The firm seeks to capitalize on the lack of Wall Street research coverage among smaller and mid-sized companies. They select long positions that can capitalize on the long-term earnings growth potential of competitively advantaged companies that are benefiting from strong demand trends. BLM's short positions focus on the shares of companies that have deteriorating growth prospects. The firm manages market risk through the use of both company specific short positions short sales of ETFs.

Merlin BioMed invests globally in public and private healthcare companies. The firm's hedge funds and long-term appreciation fund seek maximum capital appreciation from broad-based, global investment in small-, mid- and large-cap public and private companies in the areas of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare services and research products/services. This investment objective is characterized by an intensive, research-oriented, fundamental, bottom-up approach with a focus on new product innovation as a driver of sales and earnings growth. For private equity, the MerlinNexus objective is to realize long-term capital appreciation from investments in late-stage private companies, PIPEs (private investments in public entities) and select open market transactions. The fund is invested in all segments of the healthcare industry, with an emphasis on product-driven life sciences companies developing breakthrough products that meet clinical needs and can positively alter disease course and associated costs.

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Merlin Nexus invests in both private and public life sciences companies across the globe. The firm focuses on sectors such as biotechnology, medical devices, molecular diagnostics, and specialty pharmaceuticals. It participates in late-stage and PIPE (Private Investments in Public Equity) transactions.

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