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Great Lakes Advisors, LLC

CIK:0001078013
Asset Manager
$15B AUM
805 holdings
Chicago, IL, United States
Founded:1981
86 employees
Latest filing:Jun 30, 2025

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 Buys
A
AMZNAMAZON COM INC
+$145.1M
N
NVDANVIDIA Corp
+$72.9M
G
GOOGLALPHABET INC CAP STK CL A
+$71.0M
A
AVGOBROADCOM INC
+$70.6M
G
GEVGE VERNOVA INC
+$66.2M
Top Sells
C
CATCATERPILLAR INC
-$82.9M
U
UNHUNITEDHEALTH GP INC
-$74.6M
A
ABBVAbbVie Inc
-$64.3M
J
JNJJOHNSON JOHNSON
-$39.3M
T
TSNTYSON FOODS INC
-$32.3M

Top Holdings

J
JPMJ P MORGAN CHASE AND CO
+2.7%$324.3M
M
MSFTMICROSOFT CORP
+2.0%$235.6M
A
AMZNAMAZON COM INC
+1.9%$223.5M
N
NVDANVIDIA Corp
+1.7%$204.5M
B
BSXBOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP
+1.7%$199.8M

Equity Positions (721)

TickerSecurityWeightMarket ValueSharesAvg CostPriceChange (QoQ)
J
JPM
J P MORGAN CHASE AND CO2.72%$324.3M1,118,557$138.97$289.91+$26.7M
M
MSFT
MICROSOFT CORP1.98%$235.6M473,718$230.95$497.41+$58.3M
A
AMZN
AMAZON COM INC1.87%$223.5M1,018,637$182.41$219.39+$145.1M
N
NVDA
NVIDIA Corp1.71%$204.5M1,294,073$54.17$157.99+$72.9M
B
BSX
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP1.67%$199.8M1,859,865$47.43$107.41-$9.0M

Industry Allocation

NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS
+7.3%
SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES
+4.5%
PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS
+4.5%
FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE
+4.2%
SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE
+4.1%