Indianapolis, IN – March 7, 2022 — Winthrop Capital Management has been awarded PSN Top Guns distinctions by Informa Financial Intelligence’s PSN manager database, North America’s longest running database of investment managers.

For the fourth quarter of 2021, Winthrop was honored with Top Guns performance awards for six of its strategies:

Large Cap Blend – Manager of the Decade
WCM Core Fixed Income – 1 Star
Ultra-Short Fixed Income – 3 Stars
WCM Short Duration High Yield – 1 Star
WCM Core Growth – 1 and 2 Star Categories
Core Sector Aggressive Growth – 1, 2 and 3 Star Categories

PSN Top Guns ranks products in six proprietary categories in over 50 universes. This is a well-respected quarterly ranking and is widely used by institutional asset managers and investors. Informa Financial Intelligence is part of Informa plc, a leading provider of critical decision-making solutions and custom services to financial institutions.

WCM Large Cap Blend

The WCM Large Cap Blend strategy returned 7.20% versus the S&P 500 Index return of 11.02% in the fourth quarter. In pursuing this strategy, WCM invests in large cap public companies which have solid business models with sustained revenue growth, generating excess free cash flow and whose equity securities are trading at a discount to our estimation of intrinsic value.

• Manager of the Decade – The Large Cap Blend strategy was awarded a Top Gun Manager of the Decade award, which means the investment returns for the last ten-year period were in the top ten of the peer group. 

WCM Core Fixed Income

The WCM Core Fixed Income strategy returned 0.32% versus the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index return of 0.01% in the fourth quarter. Our Core Fixed Income strategy invests in a diversified portfolio of U.S. Treasury, investment grade corporate, ABS, MBS and CMBS bonds that has a portfolio duration around six years and meet our overall investment criteria.

• 1-Star Category – Strategy had one of the top ten returns for the recent quarter period ending December 31, 2021 in its respective universe.

WCM Ultra-Short Fixed Income

The WCM Ultra-Short Fixed Income strategy returned -0.37% versus the Bloomberg Short-term Gov/Corp Index return of -0.04% in the fourth quarter. In pursuing this strategy, WCM invests in a diversified portfolio of investment grade and high yield corporate bonds and municipal bonds, which have maturities of less than three years and meet our credit research standards.

• 3-Star Category – Strategy had one of the top ten returns for the three-year period ending December 31, 2021 in its respective universe.

WCM Short Duration High Yield

The WCM Short Duration High Yield strategy returned 1.34% versus the Bloomberg US High Yield 1-5 Year Cash Pay Index return of 0.66% in the fourth quarter. Our Short Duration HY strategy invests in a diversified portfolio of high yield corporate bonds which have maturities of less than five years and meet our credit research standards.

• 1-Star Category – Strategy had one of the top ten returns for the recent quarter period ending December 31, 2021 in its respective universe.

WCM Core Growth

The Core Sector Aggressive Growth strategy returned 8.15% versus the MSCI ACWI Index return of 6.67% in the fourth quarter. The objective of WCM’s Core Sector Aggressive Growth Model is to maximize long-term capital appreciation. This strategy will contain exclusively equities in sectors that meet the goal of high growth, and invests in sector ETFs based on our macro-economic view of the economy.

• 1-Star Category – Strategy had one of the top ten returns for the recent quarter period ending December 31, 2021 in its respective universe.
• 2-Star Category – Strategy had one of the top ten returns for the most recent one-year period ending December 31, 2021 in its respective universe.
• 3-Star Category – Strategy had one of the top ten returns for the three-year period ending December 31, 2021 in its respective universe.

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About Winthrop Capital Management

Winthrop Capital Management is an SEC registered investment advisor with expertise in the management of fixed income and equity portfolios. WCM specializes in working with foundations, endowments, insurance companies, corporations, individuals and pension funds. We believe that a disciplined portfolio structuring process combined with strict relative value measurement and risk assessment, results in superior performance with a controlled level of risk. For more information about our investment philosophy and products, visit www.winthropcm.com

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