Ashford Financial Group Expands With Senior Business Leader focusing On Key Investment Products

PRLog (Press Release) - Feb. 2, 2012 - Ashford Financial Group (AFG) announced today that Ms. Aline Armenta has joined the Alternative Investment teams as Senior Client Relations Manager and Product Director. Ms. Aline Armenta will be responsible for developing and managing all products, client portfolio strategy and new markets strategy for the Alternatives and Multi-Asset investment products and will report to Mr. Hiroshi Ito, Chairman and Chief investment officer for Ashford Financial Group.
“Increasingly investors are looking for more sophisticated strategies to manage volatility, deliver returns and diversify their portfolios.  Aline’s ability to identify global opportunities within fixed income and alternatives to deliver solutions to our investors will further enhance our existing team’s expertise,” said Ito. “She will be extremely valuable in helping investors and partners understand the products we offer and collaborate with sophisticated clients on strategies designed to leverage our investment expertise.”
Ms. Armenta joins Ashford Financial Group from SIAA-TDE where she served as Director for investment products in the real assets and socially responsible investments space. Prior to SIAA-TDE, Ms. Armenta served as First Vice President at Chilton Asset Management with focus on investment analytics, product development and corporate strategy. Ms. Armenta began her career at Citigroup at the Global Corporate and Investment Banking unit.
“I have been following AFG's (Ashford Financial Group) success in the global investment space particularly the legacy of innovation within the fixed income space, and I am looking forward to helping the team continue to grow and identify new opportunities that will help provide financial advisors and institutional clients with intelligent strategies that aim to deliver on their needs in an increasingly complex environment.” said Ms. Armenta.    

About Ashford Financial Group
Ashford Financial Group is an independent investment management firm based in Tokyo. Since we were founded in 1994, Ashford Financial Group has focused on providing our Institutional and Retail Clients with specialist investment research and advisory services directed by our innovative investment strategies and undertaken by our immensely talented and experienced team.

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Ashford Financial Group is an independent investment management firm based in Tokyo founded in 1994. Ashford Financial Group has focused on providing our Institutional and Retail Clients with specialist investment research and advisory services.