ROW Asset Management Hires Institutional Sales Veteran
Newport Beach, CA, November 26, 2019 – ROW Asset Management, the quantitative global macro investment firm founded in 2010, announced today that it has hired Andy Schneider as Managing Director, Global Head of Business Development, effective immediately. Schneider brings more than 18 years of investment management business development experience with over 10 years working within the systematic trading space. He will report to ROW’s Newport Beach, CA and New York City offices.
Previously, Schneider was Director of Business Development, North America for ISAM, a London-based systematic investment manager. Between 2009 and 2016, he worked at Campbell & Co., focusing on domestic institutional sales and consultant relations and from 2002 through 2008 at Legg Mason Capital Management as Manager of Business Development and Institutional Sales. He earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Baltimore and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland.
“ROW has earned a reputation as an innovator in the systematic trading space, and I am thrilled for the opportunity to help the firm enhance their client and consultant relationships while continuing along a path of prudent growth,” said Schneider.
“Andy is well known among the institutional investor community and has a track-record of success in partnering with some of the largest, most sophisticated investors in the world. It’s an exciting time for our firm, and we are looking forward to further strengthening our client service efforts while raising our visibility globally,” said Ryan O’Grady, ROW’s Chief Executive Officer & Founder.
ROW has seen considerable interest recently as investors continue to seek diversifying strategies, surpassing $500m in assets under management in 2016 and $1b in 2018.
About ROW Asset Management
ROW Asset Management is a quantitative investment research firm based in Newport Beach, CA and New York, NY. Founded in 2010 by industry veterans, Ryan O’Grady, CEO, and Jeffrey Weiser, President, ROW manages $1.3B in assets on behalf of institutional investors worldwide. As a research company, ROW is continually focused on blending the latest academic research with practical markets and trading experience to develop a comprehensive and ever-growing array of model styles spanning multiple asset classes and time frames, seeking to exploit global market opportunities.
