Great Lakes Advisors, LLC
Great Lakes Advisors, LLC is a Chicago-based asset management firm founded in 1981 and wholly owned by Wintrust Financial Corp. The firm provides customized investment advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, institutions, pension funds, profit-sharing and retirement plans, endowments, foundations, religious organizations, healthcare, government entities, and serves as adviser to mutual funds and private funds. With approximately 86 employees, Great Lakes Advisors emphasizes the creation of long-term investment solutions for a diverse client base by leveraging its experienced team to deliver tailored strategies and proven performance across market cycles.
Investment Strategy
Great Lakes Advisors pursues a conservative, long-term investment approach across both equity and fixed income strategies. For equities, they employ a disciplined, quantitative model-based selection process focusing on U.S. stocks, creating portfolios that closely track benchmark characteristics but are weighted toward stocks identified as most attractive by their proprietary models. Fixed income portfolios focus on income maximization with risk control by aligning interest rate exposure closely with market benchmarks and adding value through lower-risk, long-term methods rather than market timing. The firm offers customized, goal-driven portfolios and emphasizes partnership and consistent implementation to meet individual client objectives.
Top Holdings
Equity Positions (721)
| Ticker | Security | Weight | Market Value | Shares | Avg Cost | Price | Change (QoQ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J JPM | J P MORGAN CHASE AND CO | 2.72% | $324.3M | 1,118,557 | $138.97 | $289.91 | +$26.7M |
M MSFT | MICROSOFT CORP | 1.98% | $235.6M | 473,718 | $230.95 | $497.41 | +$58.3M |
A AMZN | AMAZON COM INC | 1.87% | $223.5M | 1,018,637 | $182.41 | $219.39 | +$145.1M |
N NVDA | NVIDIA Corp | 1.71% | $204.5M | 1,294,073 | $54.17 | $157.99 | +$72.9M |
B BSX | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP | 1.67% | $199.8M | 1,859,865 | $47.43 | $107.41 | -$9.0M |