Allegiant Asset Management Company is an asset management arm of National City Bank. The firm primarily provides its services to investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, corporations, high net worth individuals, banking or thrift institutions, other pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, state or municipal government entities, and Taft-Hartley. It manages separate client focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. It invests in value, growth, and core stocks of large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap companies. The firm employs a fundamental analysis to make its equity investments. For making its investments in large-cap core, large-cap growth, and mid-cap value stocks, the firm also uses a quantitative analysis for stock picking. For its fixed income securities, the firm invests in treasury notes, agency notes, mortgages, corporations, asset backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. It uses a tactical allocation and strategic allocation to create its balanced portfolios. The firm benchmarks its equity investments against the Russell indices. It benchmarks the firm’s investments in fixed income against the Lehman indices and the Merrill Lynch indices. Allegiant Asset Management Company was founded in 1995 and is based in Cleveland, Ohio with additional offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Louisville, Kentucky; Kalamazoo, Michigan; Peoria, Illinois; Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; Oak Brook, Illinois; Troy, Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri; Erie, Pennsylvania; Columbus, Ohio; and Chicago, Illinois.