BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Financial Trust Asset Management, Chartered, a provider of global passive, active, and smart beta separately managed account strategies to institutional and independent advisors, achieved PSN Top Guns performance status across multiple categories and time periods in the 2nd quarter of 2014.
PSN / Informa Investment Solutions is one of the foremost and longest-running investment manager search-and-evaluation databases in North America, tracking more than 2,000 managers and more than 20,000 institutional investment products. Managers must claim GIPS® compliance to be included in the criteria for Top Guns awards.
Notably, Financial Trust's Health Value strategy finished at the top of PSN's Mid Cap category over the previous 3 year period. Furthermore, the firm's International ValueMomentum and VMV Emerging Markets strategies were ranked #1 in the EAFE and Emerging Markets categories, respectively.
Arno O. Mayer CFA CFP, President of Financial Trust Asset Management commented, "I am extremely proud of the entire Financial Trust Team, which helped us win 17 Top Guns Awards in the 2nd quarter of 2014. Having achieved the #1 status for 1 year in both the EAFE and Emerging Market categories with our International ValueMomentum and VMV Emerging is quite an achievement. Financial Trusts Health Value Strategy, also, achieved #1 status over 3 years in the Mid Value category."
Listed below are all of Financial Trust's Top Guns Awards for the 2nd quarter of 2014:
Health Value 3 Stars Mid Cap Universe #1 versus 442 peer products for the 3 year period
Health Value 2 Stars Mid Value Universe #7 versus 147 peer products for the 1 year period
Health Value 3 Stars Mid Value Universe #1 versus 147 peer products for the 3 year period
Health Value 3 Stars US Equity Universe #6 versus 3,087 peer products for the 3 year period
Health Value 3 Stars US Value Universe #3 versus 938 peer products for the 3 year period
Disciplined Dividend Income 1 Star Mid Value Universe #9 versus 147 peer products for the Quarter
International Leaders 1 Star EAFE Universe #3 versus 273 peer products for the Quarter
International ValueMomentum 2 Star EAFE Universe #1 versus 273 peer products for the 1 year period
International ValueMomentum 3 Star EAFE Universe #7 versus 273 peer products 3 year period
International ValueMomentum 4 Star EAFE Universe #7 Versus 273 peer products 5 year period
International ValueMomentum 2 Star Int'l Equity Universe #8 Versus 871 peer products 1 year period
International ValueMomentum 4 Star Int'l Equity Universe #8 Versus 871 peer products 5 year period
Asia ValueMomentum 2 Star Int'l Equity Universe #2 versus 871 peer products 1 year period
Latin ValueMomentum Bull & Bear Masters award #5 versus 236 peer products 3 year period
Latin ValueMomentum 4 Star Emerging Markets Universe #2 versus 236 peer products 5 Year period
VMV Emerging 2 Star Emerging Markets Universe #1 versus 236 peer products 1 year period
VMV Emerging 2 Star Int'l Equity Universe #3 versus 871 peer products 1 year period
Financial Trust Asset Management, Chartered (http://www.financialtrust.net) is a fee-only state Registered Investment Advisory firm specializing in quantitative investment management. Based in Boca Raton, Florida, clients utilizing our Separately Managed Account Strategies include institutional investors, broker-dealers and non-affiliated advisors, as well as, foundations, endowments, pension plans and high net worth individuals. Financial Trust Asset Management, 4755 Technology Way, Suite 110, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 Office: 561-391-8188, http://www.financialtrust.net
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