General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> January 22, 2001

R.bugg / P.kennedy – Comerica Inc

ROBERT C. BUGG is a Vice President and Senior Investment Manager for Comerica. He joined Private Banking in 1996 and has 12 years of investment management experience. Mr. Bugg is a member of the Private Banking Investment Policy Committee. He is co-manager of the Private Banking High-Yield Equity Model. Prior to joining Comerica, Mr. Bugg was an investment manager and equity analyst with SunTrust Bank in Florida and AmSouth Bank in Alabama. He is responsible for the management of personal and institutional investment accounts in the State of Texas and is located in the Dallas Private Banking Office. Mr. Bugg holds a BA degree from Huntingdon College and an MBA degree from the University of Alabama. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a member of the Dallas Financial Analyst Society and the Association for Investment Management and Research. Profile
PETER W. KENNEDY is a Vice President and Senior Investment Manager for Comerica. He is responsible for managing personal investment accounts for high net-worth individuals and has been with the firm for 24 years. Mr. Kennedy chairs the Private Banking Investment Policy Committee and is co-manager of the Private Banking Dividend Income Strategy. He earned a BA degree in Economics from Denison University and an MBA degree in Finance from the University of Detroit. Mr. Kennedy is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a member of the Financial Analyst Society of Detroit, the Association for Investment Management and Research, and serves on the Advisory Board of Founders Junior Council of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Profile
TWST: The investment objective of the High Yield Equity model portfolio

at Comerica is to generate high current income. How do you begin your

work?

Mr. Kennedy: We sort through companies that