RiverFront Investment Group

1214 E Cary St
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 549-4800
(866) 583-0744
www.riverfrontig.com

Articles by RiverFront Investment Group

Pete Quinn
President and CEO

Pete Quinn

Pete serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of RiverFront, bringing more than 40 years of industry experience to his role leading the organization. A founding partner of the firm, Pete spent the majority of his career at Wachovia Securities and its predecessor firms, lastly serving as President of the Private Client Group, where he ran the retail branch network.

Rod Smyth
Chairman of the Board of Directors

Rod Smyth

Rod is one of RiverFront’s four founding partners; Rod has been an important contributor to our investment decision making process since our strategies were incepted and serves as the Chairman of our Board. Rod has over 40 years of investment experience both as a portfolio manager and investment strategist.

Chris Konstantinos, CFA
Director of Investments | Chief Investment Strategist

Chris Konstantinos

Chris serves as Chief Investment Strategist and Director of Investments, with over 20 years of experience as an equity sector analyst, portfolio manager, and portfolio risk manager across domestic and international markets. Chris is also a regular guest on the financial news channels (CNBC, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance) and is frequently quoted in the financial press.

Doug Sandler, CFA
Head of Global Strategy

Doug Sandler

Doug serves as the Head of Global Strategy and oversees the firm’s sales and marketing teams, bringing more than 30 years of investment experience to the firm. In addition, he serves on the firm’s Board of Directors and the firm’s Investment Committee and Executive Committee. Prior to his current role Doug was RiverFront’s Chief US Equity Officer and served as a Managing Director and Chief Equity Strategist for Wachovia Securities

Kevin Nicholson, CFA
Global Fixed Income CIO | Co-Head of Investment Committee

Kevin Nicholson

Kevin serves as the Global Fixed Income CIO and Co-Head of the Investment Committee. Kevin's career has spanned over 30 years serving in various capacities in trading, portfolio management and risk management. He is a regular guest on financial news channels (CNBC, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance) and is frequently quoted in the financial press.

Adam Grossman, CFA
Global Equity CIO | Co-Head of Investment Committee

Adam Grossman

Adam serves as the Global Equity CIO, responsible for the investments of the US Equity and International Equity teams. He brings nearly 20 years’ worth of industry experience in quantitative risk management and portfolio analytics. Prior to joining RiverFront, Adam worked at the Virginia Retirement System (VRS), where he managed International Equity and REIT Portfolios and developed research on equity selection and portfolio construction.

Rebecca Felton
Senior Market Strategist

Rebecca Felton

Rebecca serves as Senior Market Strategist providing external communications of our investment strategy and brings nearly 40 years of industry experience to this role. In this capacity she regularly collaborates with the Investment Team and our Global Strategy Group to develop and deliver our investment message. She is a regular guest on financial news channels (CNBC, Bloomberg, and Yahoo Finance) and is frequently quoted in the financial press. Rebecca has been with RiverFront since the company’s founding in 2008 and most recently served as the firm’s Chief Risk Officer.

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