Ryan Kennedy

Ryan Kennedy, CFA®

Partner, Director of Private Markets
Chicago

Joined Curi Capital

April 2016

Education

  • BS in Finance, Santa Clara University
  • MBA, University of Notre Dame

Accreditations

  • Chartered Financial Analyst®

Affiliations

  • CFA Institute, Member
  • CFA Society of Chicago, Member

Previous Experience

  • Northern Trust, Associate Portfolio Manager
  • The Townsend Group, Associate
  • Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management, Analyst

Bio

Ryan Kennedy is the Director of Private Markets at Curi Capital, responsible for the strategic direction and oversight of the firm’s private equity and real estate investment platform. He also leads manager selection across traditional investments, overseeing the sourcing, due diligence, and monitoring assets spanning public equity, fixed income, hedge funds, and real assets. In this role, he manages a team of analysts investing globally across asset classes and vehicles, including private equity funds, hedge funds, direct investments, mutual funds, and separately managed accounts. Ryan also serves on the firm’s Asset Allocation Committee.

Prior to joining Curi Capital in 2016, Ryan worked for Northern Trust in Chicago, initially advising institutional clients and later managing tax-loss harvesting equity portfolios. Prior to that, he worked for the Townsend Group in Cleveland, focused on due diligence for institutional clients’ investments across private real estate funds and co-investments. Ryan began his career at Morgan Stanley, where he supported ultra-high net worth clients in the firm’s Private Wealth Management division in San Francisco.

Ryan earned a BS in Finance with a minor in Political Science from Santa Clara University and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame. He is a CFA® Charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Chicago.

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