In the more than 20 years that members of the Growth Team have been investing together, they’ve never strayed from their core convictions: Strict adherence to a pure-style growth strategy; a disciplined, time-tested investment process that sizes up both risk and reward; a highly concentrated portfolio that offers investors the potential to outperform
the benchmark; and methodical stock selection that uncovers pure-growth positions.
Mark P. Bronzo, CFA
 Portfolio Manager
Mark has more than 26 years of experience trading securities in the financial markets. Currently, he is the portfolio manager for SGI’s Large Cap Growth strategy. Mark has utilized a concentrated large-cap growth style since 1990. Before joining Rydex|SGI, Mark managed large-cap growth funds at Nationwide Separate Accounts LLC (NSA), where he served as managing director and member of the board of managers of NSA, the successor advisor to Groupama Asset Management N.A. (GAMNA). Prior to this role, he was the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Gartmore Mutual Funds II, Inc.; senior vice president, managing director and board member of GAMNA; chief investment officer of Sorema N.A. Holding Corporation; director and vice president of Fulcrum Insurance Company; and vice president of C&C Consultants, Inc. Mark helped create and build GAMNA from a $130 million to a $6 billion asset management firm. Mark earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Boston College and an MBA from New York University. He has also earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Due to the breadth of his industry knowledge, he has been featured on CNBC, Bloomberg television and Bloomberg radio.
Joseph C. O’Connor
 Portfolio Manager
Joe has more than 24 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is responsible for researching, developing and managing the investment strategies for the firm’s Mid Cap Growth and Small Cap Growth funds. Joe, like all members of the growth team, has a fixed-income background. He looks at the fixed-income markets to get a sense of the overall market environment—this influences the way he selects stocks. Prior to joining the firm, Joe was senior vice president/managing director and board member of Groupama Asset Management. He also served as managing director at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities, where he integrated the firm’s distribution system into the research, trading and capital markets capabilities of the division. He also was the corporate bond product manager and among the top producers in the firm’s fixed-income division. Joe began his career as a corporate bond salesperson at L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg and Towbin. He earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from St. John’s University. He currently serves on the St. John’s University Board of Trustees and the Tobin College of Business Board of Advisors.
Daniel W. Portanova
 Portfolio Manager
Dan has more than 26 years of experience in managing fixed-income securities. He currently manages the U.S. Intermediate Bond portfolio and co-manages both the Mid-and-Large-Cap Growth portfolios. He also serves as lead analyst for the fixed-income markets at Rydex|SGI. In this role, Dan helps to determine the current and future landscape of the U.S. economy, as well as evaluates the credit worthiness of individual positions within the firm’s Mid-Cap and Large-Cap Growth equity portfolios. In his career, Dan has served as director, senior vice president and treasurer of Groupama Asset Management, portfolio manager for General Reinsurance and managing director at General Reinsurance Asset Management, where he was responsible for more than $4 billion in assets. Prior to joining the firm, he was managing director and portfolio manager for Nationwide Separate Accounts LLC. Dan began his career as an institutional corporate bond trader at Smith Barney, Harris and Upham Inc. Dan earned an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Boston College.
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