How We Work
We are a Minority and Veteran-owned firm. Our Principal's 25-year trajectory in financial advisory, asset management, and global capital markets makes us confident in our value-added services to institutional and individual investors alike.
Our greatest asset is providing a disciplined and excellent quality of service. This added value results from our previous institutional experience of allocating and sourcing capital in global capital markets and being served by all the major investment banks and asset managers around the world. This experience was fundamental in learning how to differentiate counterparties' quality of service, as we learned what to demand and expect from our counterparties.
Above all, we have first-hand experience and a deep understanding of the challenges and complexities faced by institutional and retail investors. We aim to develop a long-term partnership with them by providing strategic guidance, tactical implementation, and complementing their staff through market cycles, policy reviews, and adjustments to strategic asset allocations.
When providing financial advisory, our priority is to align with investors' goals first and foremost as we seek to understand their circumstances, values, investing style, tax situation, and goals. We know that the financial planning process is time-sensitive. As clients face life transitions, we help them better prepare for the future by defining expectations and supporting them in filtering out the noise and taking emotions out of the investment process.
Jorge J. Cortes
Co-Founder & CIO
Jorge Cortés has a 24-year trajectory in the global capital markets, where he has worked in multiple capacities such as an investment advisor, broker, private banker, international markets analyst, global fixed income trader, relationship manager, treasury portfolio manager, and debt capital markets officer. This trajectory includes working for 14 years for the Treasury Departments of two multilateral development banks. Previously, he had worked for Oppenheimer & Co. and with Scotiabank, a first-tier multinational Canadian bank.
Jorge successfully co-managed a fixed income portfolio of approximately USD 1.5 billion during the World Financial Crisis. In this role, he was the portfolio manager of a proprietary fixed income portfolio composed of investment-grade and Emerging Market bonds, structured credit products, and asset swaps. He was also responsible for overseeing investments in third-party asset managers and funds with mandates in investment grade, foreign exchange, and EM / Frontier markets. He also oversaw investments in private equity funds.
He also worked in the global debt capital markets for several years, leading multiple bond issuances and their derivatives hedging throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. In his debt capital market roles, he formed a vast network of global institutional investors and counterparties such as pension funds, mutual funds, insurance companies, corporate treasurers, brokerages, investment banks, and sovereign wealth funds. He also continuously engaged with sovereigns, regulators, SRO’s, central banks, rating agencies, and multilateral organizations.
Jorge holds a J.D. in Law from the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Costa Rica, an MSc. in Economics with an emphasis on Banking and Capital Markets from the University of Costa Rica, and an MSc. in Banking and International Finance from Cass Business School in London. He achieved this latter degree as a recipient of the prestigious Chevening Scholarship from the British Council. He also obtained the ICMA Fixed Income Certificate (FIC), a professional qualification emphasizes practical skills based on a thorough understanding of valuation principles and the relationships between the cash, credit, and derivatives markets.