RENAISSANCE GROUP LLC

The Renaissance Group LLC is an investment advisory firm based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. The company was originally established in 1978 and is currently headed by managing partners Paul A. Radomski and Michael E. Schroer. The Renaissance Group LLC, which conducts business as Renaissance Investment Management, has grown from its inception to now operate with 22 employees of which 8 are investment professionals. The company conducts its research both internally and externally, allocating its assets across a wide variety of sectors. The Renaissance Group invests most heavily in the information technology sector, which alone makes up over a quarter of the firm’s total asset allocations, and also invests in the consumer discretionary, health care, finance, industrials, and transports sectors, among other sectors to a lesser degree, in order of decreasing allocation. In the most recent quarter, The Renaissance Group decided to replace the entirety of its allocations and its top 10 holdings make up approximately 14.3% of its total allocations. The company manages over $4.3 billion in total assets under management spread across over 4,000 total accounts, all of which are discretionary accounts except for 19 accounts that make up approximately $1.35 billion of its total managed assets. Although The Renaissance Group’s total number of accounts has drastically increased in recent years, jumping from 500 total accounts to almost 4,500 total accounts in 2014, the firm’s total assets under management has been volatile, having once been as high as $5.26 billion back in 2010 and as low as $3.38 billion back in 2013. The company mainly caters to other client types, which alone makes up two thirds of its entire client base. The Renaissance Group offers a variety of strategies including its Large Cap Growth, International Equity, Emerging Markets, and REIT strategies, among others. The company currently operates as a subsidiary of Legacy Banks LLC.