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Andrew J. Duffy, CFA

Chief Investment Officer
Senior Portfolio Manager
Easterly Investment Partners

Andy Duffy

Andrew is Chief Investment Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager of Easterly Investment Partners

Andrew has over 30 years of experience as an investor in global real estate securities. He has been the Senior Portfolio Manager of the Easterly Global Real Estate Fund since its inception in 2009. From 2009 to 2016, he was the President of Ascent Investment Advisors, LLC. Prior to 2009, Andrew 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. Previously, 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 Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1979 as a Distinguished Graduate, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School in 1986. He has been a CFA Charterholder since 1995.

Andy's Latest Perspectives

Q3 2024 Global Real Estate Commentary

Global real estate stocks posted strong gains in the third quarter of 2024 (Q3 2024), as the Federal Reserve (the Fed) and other global central banks transition from monetary policy tightening to the beginning of an easing cycle. Despite the host of geopolitical and macroeconomic concerns during the quarter, investors focused on the prospect of central bank easing along with an expectation of a soft landing, which appears to be increasingly likely.

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Q4 2023 Global Real Estate Commentary

Despite the lingering macroeconomic uncertainty and geopolitical stress capturing headlines, our outlook for the global real estate market is increasingly constructive. Real estate fundamentals and earnings growth in most property sectors remain healthy amidst an environment characterized by low supply paired with high construction costs.

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