Rob Arnott

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Research Affiliates LLC

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Mr. Robert D.
Arnott is a Partner & Chair at Research Affiliates LLC and a Chief Executive Officer & Founding President at TSA Capital Management.
Over his career, he has endeavored to bridge the worlds of academic theorists and financial markets, challenging conventional wisdom and searching for solutions that add value for investors.
He has pioneered several unconventional portfolio strategies that are now widely applied, including tactical asset allocation, global tactical asset allocation, tax-advantaged equity management, and the Fundamental Index approach to investing.
Mr. Arnott managed two asset management firms before founding Research Affiliates.
As chairman of First Quadrant, LP, he built up the former internal money manager for Crum & Forster into a highly regarded quantitative asset management firm.
He also was global equity strategist at Salomon Brothers (now part of Citigroup), the founding president and CEO of TSA Capital Management (now part of Analytic Investors, LLC), and a vice president at The Boston Company.
He received a BS summa cum laude in economics, applied mathematics, and computer science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Companies	Position	Start
Research Affiliates LLC Research Affiliates LLC Investment ManagersFinance Research Affiliates offers various investment strategies which based on their proprietary research which has shown that an index based on market capitalization tends to overweight overvalued stocks and underweight undervalued stocks, resulting in a performance drag.	Founder	01/01/2002
TSA Capital Management TSA Capital Management Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Quantitative investment management	Chief Executive Officer	-

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Salomon Brothers Salomon Brothers Investment Banks/BrokersFinance A Wall Street invesment bank.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
The Boston Co. Holding LLC The Boston Co. Holding LLC Major BanksFinance Commercial banking	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
First Quadrant LLC First Quadrant LLC Investment ManagersFinance 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.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Private companies	6
The Boston Co. Holding LLC The Boston Co. Holding LLC Major BanksFinance Commercial banking	Finance
First Quadrant LLC First Quadrant LLC Investment ManagersFinance 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.	Finance
Research Affiliates LLC Research Affiliates LLC Investment ManagersFinance Research Affiliates offers various investment strategies which based on their proprietary research which has shown that an index based on market capitalization tends to overweight overvalued stocks and underweight undervalued stocks, resulting in a performance drag.	Finance
TSA Capital Management TSA Capital Management Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Quantitative investment management	Miscellaneous
Salomon Brothers Salomon Brothers Investment Banks/BrokersFinance A Wall Street invesment bank.	Finance
University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services

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