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First Quadrant

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First Quadrant is an innovative investment management firm specializing in alternative approaches to global investing. Employing insights cultivated from over 30 years of research, First Quadrant anchors its portfolios in asset fundamentals over the long term, and its edge lies in a deep understanding of market participants, how their needs and preferences vary in different market environments, and the impact of those needs and preferences on asset prices as they deviate toward or away from fundamentals in the shorter term.

What First Quadrant seeks to do is to deliver liquid, highly differentiated, double-digit returns to alternative investors in the form of global macro, and global equity long-short.  “Highly differentiated” means that our returns streams don’t just have low correlation, but are uncorrelated with other available return streams.  Not only are we uncorrelated with conventional asset returns, but with risk premia, common risk factors, exotic betas, and even our competitors’ returns.  Our returns are highly unique, so the positive impact we have on our clients’ overall portfolios is higher per unit of return delivered than with other alternative investments.
Industry Role:
FundManager
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HedgeFund
Company Posts & Updates
First Quadrant Global Diversified Macro Fund - Video PitchBook
4yrs ago Hedge Fund Global Diversified Macro Fund #Video
Global Diversified Macro: Achieving A Milestone
4yrs ago Hedge Fund Earl Kleckner #Research
Office Locations
# Location Address
1. Pasadena, CA, US 800 E Colorado Blvd #900, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Executives and Employees
# Contact Info Location
1.
Cassie Williams
Marketing & Client Service Manager
                                                                Cassie Williams leads the Marketing & Client Service team at First Quadrant.  She joined the firm in 2007.  Prior to First Quadrant, Cassie worked at UBS Global Asset Management (formerly Brinson P...
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    Pasadena, California, US
2.
Earl Kleckner
Managing Director
                                                                Earl Kleckner serves as Head of Business Development at First Quadrant, overseeing the firm’s marketing,
client service and relationship management functions. He also serves as the Business Develop...
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    Pasadena, California, US
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