MARTIN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC Recognized as Top Guns Manager by Informa Investment Solutions

Firm’s Composite is Top Ten Performer of the Decade for the Fifth Year in a Row

EVANSTON, Ill.--()--Martin Investment Management, LLC today announced that it has been recognized with Top Guns status by Informa Investment Solutions’s PSN manager database for the period ending December 31, 2015. The categories include:

Best Ideas Top Guns of the Decade Large Cap Universe
Best Ideas Top Guns of the Decade Large Growth Universe
Best Ideas Top Guns of the Decade US Growth Universe
Core Top Guns of the Decade Large Growth Universe
Eco-Investing Bull/Bear Global Equity Universe
Eco-Investing 5 Stars Global Equity Universe
Eco-Investing 6 Stars Global Equity Universe

For the fifth year in a row, Informa Investment Solutions’s PSN database named Martin Investment Management, LLC a “Top Guns Manager of the Decade” for its “Best Ideas” Growth With A Value Discipline composite for the period ending December 31, 2015, in its Large Growth Universe. This composite has been recognized out of a universe of 227 investment management firms and 319 investment products. In 28 of the last 32 quarters, at least one of Martin Investment Management, LLC’s strategies has received an Informa Investment Solutions’s PSN “Top Gun” ranking.

“We are very pleased to be recognized as a Top Guns Manager of the Decade for five consecutive years and to have received 5 and 6 star rankings for our global Eco-Investing composite in its Global Equity Universe. Given the tumultuous state of the market, being able to perform well is very gratifying,” commented Patrick Martin, Managing Director.

Utilizing a proprietary blend of Informa Investment Solutions’s top priority performance screens, PSN Top Guns ranks products in six proprietary star categories in over 50 universes. This is a highly anticipated quarterly ranking and is widely used by institutional asset managers and investors.

Top Guns receive a star rating in the range from one to six. The stars indicate the continued performance over length of time. Martin Investment Management, LLC was named a Top Gun with the following star ratings:

5-Star Category: Products must have an R-Squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for the recent five-year period. Moreover, products must have returns greater than the style benchmark for the three latest three-year rolling periods. After that they select only the products which standard deviation for the five-year period is 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 TOP GUNS.

6-Star Category: Products must have an R-Squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for the recent five-year period. Moreover, products must have returns greater than the style benchmark for the three latest three-year rolling periods. After that they select only the products which standard deviation for the five-year period is equal or less than the median standard deviation for the peer group. The top ten returns for the latest five-year period then become the TOP GUNS.

Manager of the Decade: Products must have an R-Squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for the latest 10-year period. Moreover, products must have returns greater than the style benchmark for the latest 10-year period and also Standard Deviation less than the style benchmark for the latest 10-year period. At this point, the top 10 performers for the latest 10-year period become the PSN Top Guns of the Decade.

Bull & Bear Masters: Products must have an R-Squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for a three-year period. Moreover, products must have 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 PSN Top Guns ranks products in six proprietary star categories in over 50 universes,” said Leno Toich, Managing Director of Informa Investment Solutions. “This data-driven award recognizes elite performers on the leading investment manager database in North America and provides high-level exposure to hundreds of institutional clients and investors across our platform.”

The complete list of PSN Top Guns and an overview of the methodology can be located on http://www.informais.com/resources/psn-top-guns.

For more details on the methodology behind the PSN Top Guns Rankings or to purchase PSN Top Guns Reports, contact Ruth Calderon at ruth.calderon@informais.com.

It should be noted that these rankings and past performance are not indicative of future performance. The recognitions listed above may not be representative of any one client’s experience because these recognitions may reflect an average or sample of the firm’s accounts or composites of accounts. None of the publications listed above are affiliated with the firm.

For further information about the PSN awards and other recognitions received by Martin Investment Management, LLC, please visit our website at http://martin-investments.com/pages/recognitions.

About Martin Investment Management, LLC

Martin Investment Management, LLC (“MIM”) is an equity oriented, majority female-owned registered investment adviser located in Evanston, Illinois. The firm focuses on three primary “Best Ideas” investment strategies. The Growth with a Value Discipline strategy invests primarily in U.S. large cap equities. The global Eco-Investing strategy focuses on companies that have goals of engaging in best environmental practices and good stewardship. The Tortue CapitalTM strategy invests in a range of non-U.S. large cap companies in the developed world that have global exposure through their products or services. MIM and Informa Investment Solutions are separate and unaffiliated and are not responsible for each other’s policies, products or services.

About Informa Investment Solutions

A market leader in intelligence and software solutions for investment professionals and financial institutions of all sizes, Informa Investment Solutions offers a robust set of analytics and tools to help you grow and retain your business. With a nearly 40-year history, Informa Investment Solutions is part of Informa PLC, a leading business-to-business knowledge provider serving International markets. Informa Investment Solutions has set the standard for providing turnkey and customizable applications for performing manager searches, building wealth plans, and producing client reports and investment marketing materials for companies worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.informais.com/ and follow https://twitter.com/InformaInvest.

Contacts

Martin Investment Management, LLC
Sandra S. Martin, Managing Director
(847) 424-9124
(847) 424-9182 Fax
s.s.martin@martin-investments.com
http://www.martin-investments.com

Release Summary

Martin Investment Management, LLC today announced that it has been recognized with Top Guns status by Informa Investment Solutions’s PSN manager database for the period ending December 31, 2015

Contacts

Martin Investment Management, LLC
Sandra S. Martin, Managing Director
(847) 424-9124
(847) 424-9182 Fax
s.s.martin@martin-investments.com
http://www.martin-investments.com