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PSN Top Guns Performers
March 31, 2014
"Stephens Mid Cap Growth Separate Account Strategy Named 5 STAR TOP GUN in the Mid Cap Growth Universe"
The PSN universes were created using the information collected through the PSN investment manager questionnaire and use only gross of fee returns. Mutual fund and commingled fund products are not included in the universe. 5 STAR category products must have an R-Squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for a five year period ending March 31, 2014. Moreover, products must have returns greater than the style benchmark for the three latest three-year rolling periods ending March 31, 2014. After that, PSN selects 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 performers for the latest three-year period become the TOP GUNS.


The Wall Street Transcript
March 17, 2014
“Pursuing Core Growth and Earnings Catalysts with Behavioral Finance"
The Wall Street Transcript (“TWST") interviewed Ryan Crane, Senior Portfolio Manager for Stephens Investment Management Group, about the American Beacon Stephens Mid-Cap Growth Fund. Mr. Crane discusses the firm's fundamentally driven, bottom-up investment strategy, and that he looks for fast-growing, high-quality companies within the midcap realm. He further discusses the firm's behavioral-finance mindset, which is being aware of cognitive biases when investing.

PSN Top Guns Performers
December 31, 2013
Stephens Mid Cap Growth Separate Account Strategy Named 6 STAR TOP GUN in the Mid Cap Growth Universe
The PSN universes were created using the information collected through the PSN investment manager questionnaire and use only gross of fee returns. Mutual fund and commingled fund products are not included in the universe. 6 STAR category products must have an R-Squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for a five year period ending December 31, 2013. Moreover, products must have returns greater than the style benchmark for the three latest three-year rolling periods, ending December 31, 2013. After that, PSN selects 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 performers for the latest five-year period become the TOP GUNS.

PSN Top Guns Performers
September 30, 2013
Stephens Small Cap Growth Separate Account Strategy Named 5 STAR TOP GUN in the Small Cap Growth Universe
The PSN universes were created using the information collected through the PSN investment manager questionnaire and use only gross of fee returns. Mutual fund and commingled fund products are not included in the universe. 5 STAR category products must have an R-Squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for a five year period ending September 30, 2013. Moreover, products must have returns greater than the style benchmark for the three latest three-year rolling periods ending September 30, 2013. After that, PSN selects 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 performers for the latest three-year period become the TOP GUNS.

PSN Top Guns Performers
September 30, 2013
Stephens Mid Cap Growth Separate Account Strategy Named 6 STAR TOP GUN in the Mid Cap Growth Universe
The PSN universes were created using the information collected through the PSN investment manager questionnaire and use only gross of fee returns. Mutual fund and commingled fund products are not included in the universe. 6 STAR category products must have an R-Squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for a five year period ending September 30, 2013. Moreover, products must have returns greater than the style benchmark for the three latest three-year rolling periods, ending September 30, 2013. After that, PSN selects 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 performers for the latest five-year period become the TOP GUNS.

Forbes
Exploiting Behavioral Biases: 3 Stocks With Exponential Growth Potential
September 18, 2013
Forbes, Wallace
Ryan E. Crane, CFA, Chief Investment Officer & Senior Portfolio Manager, Stephens Investment Management Group, and Senior Portfolio Manager spoke with Wallace Forbes regarding Growth investing and the impact behavioral biases can have on investing.

Vanguard
Stephens Investment Management Group added to Vanguard Explorer Fund
August 12, 2013
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