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Individualized & Customized

At Sabal Trust, we believe the focus on prudent growth, cash flow generation and the management of inherent risks in the market place will add value to portfolios over long market cycles and represents the best approach toward managing assets.

That’s why our investment team constructs individualized portfolios utilizing customized investment strategies to achieve your personal goals and objectives. Through a consistent, ongoing process of monitoring and feedback, we assure adherence to the highest asset management and fiduciary standards.

Learn how Portfolio Construction, Dividend Growth and Fixed Income play important roles in this process.

 

Our Portfolio Construction Process

Building portfolios involves an ongoing dialog with clients and their families as we continually review investment strategies to ensure that we are on track to accomplish their goals and objectives.

The portfolio construction process includes:

  • Defining Goals & Objectives
  • Identifying Risk Tolerances
  • Establishing Time Horizons
  • Determining Income & Liquidity Needs

Sabal Trust’s goal is to create an individualized
investment management portfolio to achieve
long-term growth and stability through:

  • Asset Allocation
  • Diversification
  • Style Discipline
  • Sector Expertise
  • Tax Efficiency
  • Fundamentally Sound Investments

 

 

 

Our Dividend Growth Portfolio

Sabal Trust focuses on identifying high-quality companies whose transparent businesses generate solid cash flows, have a greater degree of earnings predictability and demonstrate consistency across business operations. Our adherence to these basic tenets is critical to the stability and predictability of portfolio total returns and to reducing overall portfolio risk. Returning capital to shareholders through increasing dividends is paramount to our strategy.

Equity Philosophy:

  • Prudent Growth
  • Risk Management
  • Dividend Income

Equity Strategy:

  • Stable, Growing Dividend Income
  • Potential for Capital Appreciation
  • Sector, Industry & Company Diversification

Equity Selection Criteria:

  • Above-Average Dividend Yield
  • Expectation of Dividend Increases
  • Quality Earnings Growth
  • Compelling Valuation

Equity Selling Discipline:

  • Stock Overvalued
  • Current Yield Relatively Unattractive
  • Fundamentals Deteriorate
  • Stock Underperforms Expectations

 

 

 

Fixed Income

Fixed income instruments are a critical component of any diversified portfolio. Sabal Trust typically utilizes high-quality, investment-grade bonds, giving portfolios enhanced diversification, wealth protection and stable cash flows. Managing credit risks and duration risks are an important part of the portfolio management process.

Fixed Income Philosophy

  • Principal Protection
  • Reduce Portfolio Volatility
  • Enhance Predictability of Returns

Fixed Income Strategy

  • Low Turnover
  • Opportunistic Purchases / Sales
  • Sector and Issuer Diversification
  • Customized Portfolios

Fixed Income Selection Criteria

  • Investment-Grade Credit Quality
  • Suitable Term/Maturity Structure
  • Client Tax Considerations
  • Relative Value

Fixed Income Selling Discipline

  • Security Overvalued
  • Attractive Swap Opportunity
  • Fundamentals Deteriorate