SCHROEDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Chief Investment Officer
• President

G. Frederick Schroeder is President and Chief Investment Officer of Schroeder Capital Management, LLC, in Lafayette, California. Schroeder Capital provides custom-tailored investment counsel to private individuals and institutions throughout the United States. Prior to establishing Schroeder Capital Management, Mr. Schroeder had been Senior Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer, and Chairman of the Investment Committee of Van Kasper Advisers, an affiliate of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in San Francisco, where he was responsible for domestic and international separate account portfolio management, investment strategy, research, and marketing. Schroeder Capital Management is the successor entity to Van Kasper Advisers. Previously, Mr. Schroeder was Senior Portfolio Manager and Senior Vice President of Templeton Portfolio Advisory, a division of Templeton Worldwide, where he directed all investment activities of the company's $2 billion in assets of the Private Client Group in Fort Lauderdale, Florida: global separate account management, research and investment strategy. Prior to Templeton, Mr. Schroeder was Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Transamerica Investment Services, San Francisco, and Senior Investment Analyst at ITT Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. Schroeder has over 30 years experience creating and managing personalized portfolios, formulating investment strategies, conducting fundamental research, and marketing. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA). Fred received his Bachelor's degree in Business from San Jose State University, holds National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) licenses and is a member of the CFA Institute, FINRA, and the Financial Analyst Societies of San Francisco and Los Angeles Mr. Schroeder has been honored as a Five Star Professional Wealth Manager in the San Francisco East Bay each year since the program began in 2011 and recognized as one of "Ten Five Star Wealth Managers You Need to Know" in The Wall Street Journal in 2015. In 2012, Forbes Magazine featured Mr. Schroeder as one of seven Northern California Financial Leaders. He recently received national recognition in Forbes 2016 Investment Guide. G. Frederick Schroeder, President, and Chief Investment Officer, is sole owner of Schroeder Capital Management, LLC. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA). Professional affiliations include memberships in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute and the Financial Analyst Societies of San Francisco and Los Angeles. Schroeder's investment experience spans over 30 years, during which time he conducted fundamental research, formulated investment strategy, built and managed individual client and institutional portfolios. He was formerly associated with the ITT Corporation, Transamerica, Templeton Portfolio Advisory, an affiliate of Franklin Templeton Worldwide, and Van Kasper Advisers before forming Schroeder Capital Management, LLC. The foundation of Schroeder Capital Management, LLC, is its distinctive broad-based knowledge and understanding of global markets. As Senior Portfolio Manager of Templeton Portfolio Advisory, Fred directed all the investment activities of the company's $2 billion in assets of the Private Client Group. Today, Schroeder Capital's clients benefit from the significant experience Fred had with the Templeton Worldwide organization, its investment research group, portfolio managers, and especially his relationship with the late Sir John Templeton, of Nassau, Bahamas, known as the "Father of International Investing." These elements have provided Schroeder Capital Management, LLC, with a unique perspective and solid platform of knowledge of international economics, securities analysis, broad understanding of global investment strategy, and proven portfolio building disciplines used to create globally diversified, custom-tailored private accounts that meet specific client needs and investment objectives. Schroeder Capital Management, LLC, is committed to the local community. In addition to being an advisor to local government on economic development issues, Schroeder Capital Management, LLC, offers financial support for outreach programs including the local education foundation and youth sports programs, respite care for Alzheimer's patients, and an endowment supporting disabled individuals. The company is also a sponsor of the local branch of the American Association of University Women, a national organization supporting education and community programs for women and girls.