Andrew J. Duffy, CFA

Andrew is the Chief Investment Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager of Easterly Ranger.

Prior to joining Easterly Ranger, Andrew was the president of Ranger Global Advisors and the previous president of Ascent Investment Advisors, LLC. Prior to those roles, he was a Managing Director with Citigroup Principal Strategies, where he established and managed the proprietary liquid global real estate investment business which included a long-short portfolio of global real estate securities. Before this, he was the Co-Portfolio Manager of the Hunter Global Real Estate Fund, and from 1999 until 2006, he was a Portfolio Manager at TIAA-CREF, where he established the liquid global real estate investment business and team, which ultimately managed over $3.5 billion in global real estate equity and debt securities. Between 1993 and 1999, he was a Senior Research Analyst at Eagle Asset Management, where he launched and managed a dedicated real estate securities investment program with responsibility for fundamental analysis, securities selection, and portfolio construction. Prior to that, Andy served as a Partner at Raymond James & Associates where, as an investment banker, he managed public offerings and advised on mergers and acquisitions.

Andy received a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1986.