Profil
Ms. Kara L.
Downing is a Portfolio Manager at Spero-Smith Investment Advisers, Inc. She joined the firm in 2002 and was promoted to Portfolio Manager in 2007.
She is responsible for personalized investment strategies and financial planning consulting services for new and existing clients.
Ms. Downing began her career with Spero-Smith as an Assistant Portfolio Manager, helping portfolio managers with trading, account review, and investment strategy and financial planning research projects.
She also served as Investment Analyst, researching stocks and mutual funds for the firm’s Chief Investment Officer and providing client reports for individual, foundation, endowment, and corporate retirement plan clients.
In addition to her portfolio management responsibilities, she currently serves as the firm’s Chief Compliance Officer, overseeing and managing compliance issues within the organization and ensuring that Spero-Smith complies with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and procedures.
She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, cum laude, with a concentration in Accounting, from Bowling Green State University.
She is a member of the Financial Planning Association, where she serves as Treasurer on the Northeast Ohio chapter’s Board of Directors.
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Spero-Smith Investment Advisers, Inc.
Spero-Smith Investment Advisers, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Spero-Smith Investment Advisers primarily allocates their clients' investment management assets among individual debt and equity securities, and various mutual fund classes, on a discretionary basis, in accordance with the investment objectives of the client. Portfolios are well diversified, with companies that demonstrate improving levels of profitability. The firm conducts ongoing analysis of mutual funds and maintain a list of recommended funds meeting their criteria within a diversified range of investment styles and market sectors. Spero-Smith's fixed-income management approach focuses on the preservation of capital. The fixed-income portion of portfolios includes a combination of short- and intermediate-term treasury or municipal bonds, highly rated corporate bonds and preferred stock issues. Often, a laddered maturity approach is developed as part of a strategy to meet ongoing cash flow needs. | Compliance Officer | - |
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Spero-Smith Investment Advisers, Inc.
Spero-Smith Investment Advisers, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Spero-Smith Investment Advisers primarily allocates their clients' investment management assets among individual debt and equity securities, and various mutual fund classes, on a discretionary basis, in accordance with the investment objectives of the client. Portfolios are well diversified, with companies that demonstrate improving levels of profitability. The firm conducts ongoing analysis of mutual funds and maintain a list of recommended funds meeting their criteria within a diversified range of investment styles and market sectors. Spero-Smith's fixed-income management approach focuses on the preservation of capital. The fixed-income portion of portfolios includes a combination of short- and intermediate-term treasury or municipal bonds, highly rated corporate bonds and preferred stock issues. Often, a laddered maturity approach is developed as part of a strategy to meet ongoing cash flow needs. | Finance |
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
















