Investment Consulting Group

Values-based portfolio illustrations for your practice

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In our experience, the number one roadblock to getting started with values-based investing is the impression that it is difficult to build high-quality values-based portfolios.

How it works

Meet with your Regional Director
Provide your guidance on values, asset allocation, and risk/return preferences.
Submit the Questionnaire
Our team processes your unique request to deliver an illustration tailored to your preferences.
Meet with ICG
Meet with the Investment Consulting Group to review and learn about your custom illustration.

Our team seeks to provide guidance around the complexity and subjectivity of values-based implementation to empower advisors, leading to more successful client experiences.

— Chris Grogan, CFA

Manager of the Investment Consulting Group

Investment Consulting Group

Our team uses a novel process to portfolio construction, considering both your values and investment factors.

Chris Grogan, CFA
Chris Grogan, CFA
Director of Investment Consulting, Portfolio Manager
Bio
Chris Grogan, CFA, serves as Director of Investment Consulting for Eventide, Portfolio Manager for Eventide’s Fixed-Income Strategies, and Co-Portfolio Manager for Eventide’s US Equity Market Strategy.

Mr. Grogan has over 10 years of investment experience. Prior to joining Eventide in 2019, Mr. Grogan was an Associate Portfolio Manager with Boston Advisors, LLC. In this role, he was tasked with conducting asset allocation strategy, equity portfolio management, fixed income portfolio management, open architecture due diligence, and building custom portfolio solutions using both internal and third-party strategies. Before that, he was a Financial Planning Analyst with Raymond James.

Mr. Grogan has a dual B.A. in Economics and Finance from Gordon College. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society Boston and CFA Institute.
Fred Ge, CFA
Fred Ge, CFA
Senior Portfolio Consultant
Bio
Fred Ge, CFA serves as a Senior Portfolio Consultant for Eventide. As a member of the Investment Consulting Group, he helps advisors design portfolio solutions around values criteria and relevant risk and return objectives.

Prior to joining Eventide in 2018, Mr. Ge was the co-founder of a Boston-based educational startup and served briefly as a higher education consultant. Prior to that, he was a research analyst for MetLife Investments’ private equity finance unit.

Mr. Ge holds a M.S. in Education from Harvard University, as well as a B.S. in Finance from Carnegie Mellon University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society Boston and CFA Institute.
Robert Carney
Robert Carney
Senior Manager, Institutional Services
Bio
Rob Carney serves as Senior Manager, Institutional Services at Eventide. He is responsible for all aspects of Institutional Services including DDQ/RFP submissions, client onboarding, and client service. Additionally, Mr. Carney helps Institutional Clients and Financial Advisors design portfolio illustrations around values criteria and risk and return objectives.

Prior to joining Eventide in 2021, Mr. Carney spent a summer at Ford Motor Company’s Treasury group, where he identified benchmark and investment guideline improvements to reduce risk in Ford’s fixed-income portfolio for two of its largest pension plans in Canada. Prior to that, Mr. Carney worked in fund administration, managing regulatory filings at State Street Bank in Boston, Massachusetts.

Mr. Carney holds an MBA from Cornell University’s SC Johnson Graduate School of Management, where he focused on investment research and asset management. He also holds a B.A. in History and a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Challenging 5 Common Assumptions of Diversification

Choosing the right mix of investments or managers is a critical service many advisors offer their clients. After setting an appropriate asset allocation target for a given risk mandate, an investor employs a strategy using a diverse set of stocks and bonds, often through the use of third-party managers. Below are five common assumptions surrounding what it may mean to be “properly diversified,” especially within an equity allocation.

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Fill out this questionnaire to provide your guidance on values, asset allocation, and risk/return preferences.