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BSAM Awarded 5 & 6 Star Ratings by Informa Financial Intelligence
New York, NY—May 19, 2021 — Blue Square Asset Management has been awarded a PSN Top Guns distinction by Informa Financial Intelligence’s PSN manager database, North America’s longest running database of investment managers.
Blue Square Asset Management was honored with a 5 & 6-star “Top Gun” rating for its Managed Volatility US Large Cap strategy.
“It is an honor for the firm to be recognized by Informa for our strategy’s performance versus it’s industry peers” said Jay Bluestine, Blue Square’s Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer. “However, our clients are the real winners having benefited from the returns our proprietary investment approach delivered making it worthy of these prestigious ratings. We will continue to work tirelessly for them and aim for our systematic rules-based approach to deliver compelling risk adjusted returns over full market cycles.”
Through a combination of Informa Financial Intelligence’s proprietary performance screens, PSN Top Guns is 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.
Top Gun firms are awarded a rating ranging from one to six stars, with the number of stars representing continued performance over time.
Blue Square Asset Management’s Managed Volatility US Large Cap strategy was named Top Gun 5&6 rating, meaning our Managed Volatility US Large Cap strategy:
- Had an r-squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for the recent five-year period. Moreover, the strategy’s returns exceeded the style benchmark for the three latest three-year rolling periods. Products are then selected which have a standard deviation for the five-year period equal or less than the median standard deviation for the peer group. The top ten returns for the latest three-year period then become the 5 Star Top Guns.
- Had an r-squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for the recent five-year period. Moreover, the strategy’s returns exceeded the style benchmark for the three latest three-year rolling periods. Products are then selected which have a standard deviation for the five-year period equal or less than the median standard deviation for the peer group. The top ten information ratios for the latest five-year period then become the 6 Star Top Guns.
Blue Square Asset Management’s (“BSAM”) Managed Volatility US Large Cap strategy seeks growth through exposure to US large cap equities while providing reduced volatility over full market cycles. This strategy invests primarily in 35-50 U.S. equities that have a minimum market capitalization of approximately $5 billion. Equity selection is driven by quantitative and fundamental analysis. Equity exposure is adjusted using our proprietary Dynamic Cash Allocation® and ranges from 0%-100%. This systematic, rules-based approach seeks to minimize the impact of large stock market declines. The benchmark is the S&P 500 Total Return Index.
“Congratulations to Blue Square Asset Management for being recognized as a PSN Top Gun,” said Ryan Nauman, Market Strategist at Informa Financial Intelligence’s Zephyr. “This highly esteemed designation allows us to recognize success, excellence and performance of leading investment managers each quarter.”
The complete list of PSN Top Guns and an overview of the methodology can be located on https://psn.fi.informais.com
For more details on the methodology behind the PSN Top Guns Rankings or to purchase PSN Top Guns Reports, contact Margaret Tobiasen at Margaret.tobiasen@informa.com
About Blue Square Asset Management
At Blue Square, we are focused on risk management and seek to reduce the amount of volatility in our clients’ portfolios. Using our proprietary technology and rules-based approach to investing, our decisions are not swayed by predictions or emotions.
Our investment strategy aims to position portfolios defensively during significant market declines. By systematically raising cash during these periods and then investing it when markets are more accommodating, we aim to create a less volatile investment experience, and ultimately deliver better risk-adjusted returns over full market cycles.
At Blue Square rather than trying to predict the future, we aim to prepare for it, regardless of the market’s direction. For more information about BSAM, visit https://bluesquarewealth.com.
About Informa Financial Intelligence’s Zephyr
Financial Intelligence, part of the Informa Intelligence Division of Informa plc, is a leading provider of products and services helping financial institutions around the world cut through the noise and take decisive action. Informa Financial Intelligence’s solutions provide unparalleled insight into market opportunity, competitive performance and customer segment behavioral patterns and performance through specialized industry research, intelligence, and insight. IFI’s Zephyr portfolio supports asset allocation, investment analysis, portfolio construction, and client communications that combine to help advisors and portfolio managers retain and grow client relationships. For more information about IFI, visit https://financialintelligence.informa.com. For more information about Zephyr’s PSN Separately Managed Accounts data, visit https://financialintelligence.informa.com/products-and-services/data-analysis-and-tools/psn-sma.
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