Barksdale Investment Management is an
independent, employee-owned, majority
women-owned Registered Investment Advisor
under the Investment Advisors Act of
1940. The firm was founded in December 1984
by Weaver C. Barksdale. The firm has
distinguished itself in the management of
customized fixed income investment
management services for institutional investors
seeking specialized separate account investment
strategies that conform to specific, standards, or
government regulations. Barksdale has since
grown to also offer equity, core plus, high yield
and enhanced cash portfolio management
services to clients which now include both
institutions and high net worth individuals. In
October 2021, Barksdale Investment
Management became a WBENC-certified,
Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE).
As of December 31, 2023, the firm managed
just over $3.466 billion in client assets, on a
discretionary basis.
We offer our investment management services
on a discretionary basis to clients seeking:
Fixed Income (both taxable & tax-
exempt)
Investment Grade
- Core Aggregate
- Intermediate
- Short Duration
- Cash
High Yield
Equity
Diversified Value
International Deep Value
Balanced management (a combination of
fixed income and equity strategies).
For information regarding these strategies,
please contact Jim Murphy at (615) 665-1085
or at
[email protected]
Fixed Income Portfolios: The Barksdale fixed
income portfolio management team maintains a
robust investment philosophy and process. The
process is a blend of top-down and
sector/security-specific analysis. We believe it is
thorough and balanced, utilizing elements from
fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis
to maximize returns within each client’s risk
tolerance. The degree to which corporate bonds
and other risk assets are overweighted at any
given time is dependent upon economic and
market sector conditions as well as client
guidelines.
Equity Portfolios are constructed generally
using publicly traded U.S. companies and
American depositary receipts that are generally
included in the portfolio's comparable index,
such as the Standard & Poor’s 500 or Russell
Value 1000, for example.
Our investment strategies are proprietary and
based on quantitative and qualitative
fundamental analysis of companies, driven by
income and balance sheet data, as well as other
portfolio management techniques. Because the
stocks are selected from a group of U.S. publicly
traded companies, they are well known entities
and afford
substantial market liquidity.
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In addition to separately managed accounts
Barksdale provides equity model delivery
services through another, unaffiliated, financial
institution (“Sponsor”). We provide the model
portfolio to the sponsor and the sponsor utilizes
the model portfolio to provide discretionary
advisory services to its clients.
Balanced Portfolios consist of a combination
of our equity and fixed income techniques with
the relative commitment to each asset class
being dependent on an assessment of each
client's income needs and risk tolerance level.
Barksdale customizes portfolios to meet the
specific risk tolerance and guidelines of each
client’s portfolio. While the same disciplined
investment process is utilized to manage several
individual portfolios requiring a certain style,
each portfolio is constructed and managed
according to the needs of the client. Portfolios
are designed to meet each client's specific
requirements for liquidity, credit quality,
duration, etc. From time to time, an account’s
guidelines will change at the initiation of the
client, its consultant or the portfolio manager.
Our portfolio management team employs a
variety of investment styles, which will differ
based on a range of factors including, but not
limited to, risk profiles, benchmarks, tax
considerations, liquidity needs, time horizons,
durations, sector concentrations, and
capitalization ranges. Our portfolio
management team customizes client portfolios
within the same style because of the client’s
specific guidelines and how the management
team adapts those guidelines to market
constraints at any given time. At times, the
managers’ decisions reflect an assessment of the
suitability of the particular security for a specific
client. Such decisions result in different
investment returns between investment styles
and among accounts managed by the same
portfolio manager.
We feel our goals are aligned with those of our
clients. Our only source of income is from fees
charged for active portfolio management.
Barksdale requires all employees who render
investment advice to have obtained an
undergraduate degree and a master's degree in
economics, finance or business and/or
enrollment in the Chartered Financial Analysts
(“CFA”) program. The Board of Directors, at
its discretion, can waive the educational
requirements or CFA enrollment if a
prospective employee has sufficient experience
to warrant such an exception.
We do not provide investment banking or
broker-dealer services.