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RICHARD BLAIR, CFA®
Senior Vice President, Investment RESEARCH


Richard Blair is Senior Vice President of Investment Research for SKK, with primary responsibility for developing investment strategy and alternative investment research. He conducts research on capital markets, securities analysis, macroeconomics, investment strategies and portfolio construction for institutional, endowment & foundation, and high-net-worth clients. Rich leads qualitative and quantitative due diligence of alternative investment managers and strategies. Rich is a member of the Firm’s Research Committee and assists the Firm’s Investment Committee. Prior to joining SKK, Rich  contributed to asset allocation, portfolio construction, and manager selection for the Amherst College Investment Office. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware, and is a CFA charter holder.

JOHN BOSCO, CFA®

Vice President, Investment RESEARCH


John Bosco is a Vice President of Investment Research for SKK. He is primarily responsible for alternative investment research and underwriting of external managers and direct investments for the Firm’s private wealth management clients, institutional clients, and internally managed funds. He also assists in developing the Firm’s macro perspective, monitoring existing manager relationships, and asset allocation modeling. John is a member of the Firm’s Research Committee and assists the Firm’s Wealth Management Investment Committee. Prior to joining SKK, John was responsible for portfolio management, strategy development and implementation, and manager selection for Lake Street Advisors. John earned a BA in Economics from Union College and is a CFA and CAIA charter holder.

RUDOLPH KLUIBER
Investment Analyst, INVESTMENT RESEARCH

Rudolph Kluiber is a Investment Analyst for SKK. He was previously a founder and managing member of GRT Capital Partners from 2001-2017. Rudy is primarily involved in the management of accounts that follow the Topaz strategy and the Value strategy. Since 1994, Rudy has managed small cap value equity portfolios. Rudy was the Portfolio Manager of the State Street Research Aurora Fund from the fund’s inception in 1995 until 2001. At the time of his departure from State Street Research in 2001, Rudy managed approximately $3 billion of assets in the Aurora Fund and other accounts. From 1989 to 1994, Rudy was a High Yield Analyst, trader and Assistant Portfolio Manager with the State Street Research High Yield Fund. Rudy holds an A.B. in geology, Cum Laude, from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School of the University of California Los Angeles. Rudy is a member of the Supervisory Board of Royal Wessanen NV.

Jessica frigon

Associate, INVESTMENT RESEARCH


Jessica Frigon is an analyst on the Research Team for SKK. She is primarily responsible for long-only equity and fixed income investment research along with macroeconomic research. She leads the quantitative and qualitative due diligence of long-only investment managers and strategies held by institutional clients. Jess has been a member of the research team for SKK since graduating from Union College where she earned a BA in Economics and competed as a NCAA Swimmer and Captain.