Portfolio management

Once we determine the investment manager lineup for a portfolio, we consider how much to allocate to each one—and then how to adjust the portfolio to keep it in balance or adapt to changing market conditions.

As active portfolio managers, our focus is on ensuring that the portfolio reflects the intended profile, exposures and risks necessary to meet its investment objective.

We take a two-part approach to this.

Portfolio construction

• Determining which components must be included in the total portfolio—such as particular market segments (large and small companies, for example) or individual alpha sources
• Selecting the best possible combination of investment managers to provide exposure to the essential components—and considering what percentage of the portfolio will be allocated to each manager

Investment manager monitoring

• Monitoring our investment managers through ongoing qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Making adjustments to keep the portfolio in balance or adapt to changing market conditions

1. DAILY
   
   ∙ Access to underlying portfolio holdings
    
2. WEEKLY
   
   ∙ Performance and risk attribution analysis
    
3. MONTHLY
   
    ∙ Buys and sells review
    ∙ Portfolio characteristics and market-trend overview
    ∙ In-depth performance and risk analysis
    ∙ Evaluation of manager decisions and outlook
    
4. QUARTERLY
   
   ∙ Conference call to assess manager and dedicated 
   investment team
    
5. ANNUALLY
   
   ∙ On-site visit to evaluate manager and dedicated 
   investment team

SEI’s Investment Management Unit is a team within SEI Investments Management Corporation (SIMC), which serves as investment advisor. SIMC is a wholly owned subsidiary of SEI.