The Fox Pierce Segal Group's* partnership process is a simple yet powerful four-step method that enables the group to build investment portfolios that are truly customized to the needs of each individual client. They follow these steps with the utmost in professionalism and integrity.

Step 1. Client Profiling

A complete and accurate understanding of a client’s current situation, financial goals, investment expectations, time horizon and ability to tolerate investment risk or volatility is critical to building a successful investment portfolio and client relationship. Through the completion of an in-depth client profile and risk tolerance questionnaire, they gather this critical information and use it as the basis for their recommendations.

Step 2. Portfolio Construction

Portfolio construction is the second step in the investment process, involving both strategic and tactical asset allocation. Strategic asset allocation recommendations indicate the precise amounts to be invested in each asset class: cash, fixed income, equity, and covered writes. Tactical asset allocation involves making “mid-course” changes in the long-term strategy based on near-term expectations; for example, political elections. Strict fundamental and technical analysis models, which focus on earnings and revenue growth as well as timely purchase and liquidation points, are used to construct the individual portfolios. These models can accommodate any individual holdings or investment constraints that you may have.

Step 3. Implementation

Once all investment recommendations are agreed upon, the group prepares a formal Investment Policy Statement (IPS) that outlines all aspects of the client/advisor relationship. The IPS is flexible enough to accommodate all types of investment strategies. All types of investment mandates can be combined into a single financial strategy. The group convenes daily to discuss stock analysis and review the markets, sharing insights and ensuring a unified approach.

Step 4. Monitoring and Review

All investment portfolios need to be monitored to ensure their ongoing relevance and success. To facilitate this, you receive full quarterly performance reporting providing in-depth analysis into not only how your investments performed but also why they performed the way they did. Performance attribution analytics provides the information the group needs to react appropriately to variances from expectations. Each year, The Fox Pierce Segal Group* will update your IPS ensuring that the information in it and the investments it governs continue to be appropriate for you and the achievement of your investment objectives.