Ryan Abrams

About Ryan Abrams

Experienced investment professional serving large, sophisticated asset owners and specializing in manager selection, asset allocation, and risk. Deep knowledge of the drivers and sources of return across asset classes and investment strategies provides for an expansive toolkit to provide stakeholders with solutions that maximize their probability of success while minimizing risk. Excels at separating skill from luck in active management, gearing performance profiles for specific outcomes or conditions, and partnering with stakeholders to build investment programs with a focus on superior risk-adjusted returns to support their missions.CORE COMPETENCIESPension Investments - Endowment Investing - Manager Sourcing and Diligence – Manager Selection - Multi-Manager Portfolio Construction – Public Equity - Global Equity - Long-Only Equity - Active Equity - Uncorrelated Strategies - Hedge Funds - Absolute Return - Global Macro - Long/Short Equity - Inflation - Nominal Bonds - Inflation-Linked Bonds - Real Assets - Private Markets - Private Equity - Real Estate - Private Credit - Infrastructure - Investment Strategy- Risk-based Asset Allocation – Alpha-Beta Separation - Portable Alpha – Operational Due Diligence – Negotiation of Fees and Terms – Overlay Strategies – Derivatives – Options Strategies – Liability-Driven Investing- Commodity Futures Implementation – Commodities - New Asset Class Research - Defined Benefit Pension - Taxable Investments - Endowment - Foundation

Experience

1. Constellation

   Feb 2022 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Lead team responsible for public equity, hedge funds, real estate, private equity, infrastructure, private credit, and high yield across ~$30 billion of taxable and tax-exempt investment trust assets.

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  M.A., Institute for Latin American Studies - International Finance

  2005 — 2007

• University of Notre Dame

  B.A., Economics

  2002 — 2005

Skills

• Institutional Investors
• Credit Risk
• Fund of Funds
• Liquidity Risk
• Endowment Funds
• Endowments
• Equities
• Managed Futures
• Global Macro
• Foreign Exchange
• Fixed Income
• Investment Management
• Due Diligence
• Alpha-Beta Separation
• Hedge Funds
• Commodity Markets
• Investment Strategies
• Alternative Investments
• Derivatives
• Commodity
• Options
• Investments
• Financial Markets
• Operational Due Diligence
• Counterparty Risk
• Portfolio Management
• Relative Value
• Risk Parity
• Financial Modeling
• Quantitative Analytics
• Asset Allocation
• Risk Management
• Market Risk
• Portable Alpha
• Market Neutral
• Private Foundations
• Financial Risk
• Asset Management