Financial Trust Asset Management Named to PSN Top Guns List of Best Performing Strategies for Q4 2024, and Manager of the Decade for American Leaders Strategy

Quarterly PSN Top Guns List published by Zephyr identifies best-in-class separate accounts, managed accounts, and managed ETF strategies.

BOCA RATON, Fla, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial Trust Asset Management announced today it has been named to the celebrated PSN Top Guns List of best performing separate accounts, managed accounts, and managed ETF strategies for Q4 2024.  The highly anticipated list, published by Zephyr, remains one of the most important references for investors and asset managers.

"The final quarter of 2024 was defined by both volatility and resilience, success in these markets required relentless effort, rigorous research, and disciplined execution," says PSN Product Manager Nick Williams. "PSN Top Guns recognizes the top managers and teams whose expertise continues to drive the growth of SMAs amid today's complex and rapidly evolving market conditions."

"It's an incredible honor to be recognized by PSN for our long-term performance across multiple strategies" said Greg Vigrass, CEO & President of Financial Trust.  "Our disciplined approach has resulted in our winning Top Gun awards not just for performance, but over multiple categories and time frames".

On obtaining the prestigious award of Manager of the Decade, Chief Investment Officer Arno Mayer, CFA CFP, said "We are honored to win the Manager of the Decade award from Informa PSN for our American Leaders Index.  The American Leaders Index takes a disciplined approach to investing in America's largest companies."

Through a combination of PSN's proprietary performance screens, the PSN Top Guns awards products in six proprietary categories in over 75 universes based on continued performance over time.

Financial Trust earned 67 PSN Top Guns award's in Q4 2024 for 20 strategies across 18 categories.  Including the prestigious Manager of the Decade award for it's American Leaders strategy. For a list of Financial Trust Top Gun Awards click here.

[1-Star Category:] had one of the top ten returns for the quarter in their respective strategy.

[2-Star Category:] had one of the top ten returns for the one-year period in their respective strategy.

[3-Star Category:] had one of the top ten returns for the three-year period in their respective strategy.

[4-Star Category:] 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. The top ten returns for the latest three-year period then become the 4 Star Top Guns.

[5-Star Category:] 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.

[6-Star Category:] 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.

[Manager of the Decade:] had an r-squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for the latest 10-year period. Moreover, the strategy's returns were greater than the style benchmark for the latest 10-year period and also standard deviation less than the style benchmark for the latest ten-year period. At this point, the top ten performers for the latest 10-year period become the PSN Top Guns Manager of the Decade.

[Bull & Bear Masters:] had an r-squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for a three-year period. Moreover, the strategy had an upside market capture over 100 and a downside market capture less than 100 relative to the style benchmark. The top ten ratios of Upside Capture Ratio over Downside Capture Ratio become the PSN Bull & Bear Masters.

The complete list of PSN Top Guns and an overview of the methodology can be located at https://psn.fi.informais.com/.  

About Financial Trust Asset Management
Financial Trust Asset Management is an independently owned boutique investment management firm specializing in active and passive investment solutions for individual investors and investment professionals.

Our mission is to empower investors and investment professionals to achieve financial success through trusted relationships, expert guidance, and personalized solutions.

The firm's highly disciplined, quantitative investment approach is characterized by a distinctive blend of fundamental bottom-up stock selection, top-down macro research and technical evaluation.

About PSN
For nearly four decades, PSN has been a top resource for investment professionals. Asset managers rely on Zephyr's PSN to effectively reach institutional and retail investors. Over 2,800 firms, 285 universes, and more than 21,000 products comprise the PSN SMA database showing asset breakdowns, compliance, key personnel, ownership diversity, ESG, business objectives and strategy, style, fees, GIC sectors, fixed income ranges and full holdings. Unique to PSN is its robust historical database of nearly 40 Years of Data Including Net and Gross-of-Fee Returns. PSN Mid-Year Outlook provides insight and trends about the SMA industry. You can view in online here.

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Disclosure: Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Certain investments give rise to substantial risk and are not suitable for all investors. There is no guarantee that an investment with the referenced strategies will meet its investment goals and the rating many not be representative of any one client's experience. Financial Trust Asset Management claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) and prepares performance data in compliance with GIPS standards and meets the requirements of the CFA Institute with regards to creating and reporting product composites. The ratings at PSN reflect the requirements of the GIPS standards published in the GIPS Handbook and are an average of all of the experiences of the manager's client base. All material provided is compiled from sources believed to be reliable and current, but accuracy cannot be guaranteed. The investment performance figures submitted to PSN portray the history for all separately managed portfolios that meet the composite definition gross of fees. The information presented herein should not be considered as personalized investment advice nor construed as a solicitation to buy or sell any security or engage in a particular investment strategy. PSN and Informa Financial Intelligence have no affiliation with Financial Trust Asset Management, but rather evaluate investment managers' performance on an objective basis. All other disclosures and fee schedules can be found in Financial Trust Asset Management's Form ADV Part 2A which is available on our company website. Financial Trust Asset Management, Chartered is state- registered Investment Advisor. www.Financialtrust.net

Media Contact:Greg Vigrass
Financial Trust Asset Management
Gvigrass@financialtrust.net
(407)-492-0672

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