Nelson Wicas

VGI offers both passive and active discretionary investment advisory services that cover the US and international markets. They employ two types of indexing strategies: replication and sampling. Their active management equity methodology is based on quantitative modeling while fixed income analysis is based on fundamental investment research and research obtained from external investment organizations.

First Quadrant specializes in alternative approaches to global investing. The firm offers an array of investment solutions in the following areas: macro, currency, commodities, equity market neutral, long/short equities, multi-asset, tax management, tail-risk management and inflation protection. They employ a centralized team-based approach to the traditional functions of investment research, portfolio management, and implementation. Their security analysis and overall investment management process is both fundamental and systematic.

Functions as a College/University

Redpoint Investment Management employs a structured (rules-based) management strategy, which seeks to construct a representative portfolio of better quality companies that provides a return broadly comparable to that of the benchmark on an after fees basis.