A History of Innovation

Rochdale Milestones in Portfolio Management Innovation

1975

Carl Acebes founds Rochdale Securities Corporation, an investment research boutique focusing on unique company research. The firm is headquartered at 120 Broadway in the heart of New York City's financial district. 

 

1986

Rochdale Investment Management Inc. is formed serving as an investment advisor and broker dealer. 

Garrett R. D'Alessandro joins the firm. 

 

1990s

Rochdale establishes an industry-leading private client investment management firm focused on partnering with independent financial advisors and CPAs to solely serve high net worth clients.

Rochdale pioneers the use of Barra in portfolio optimization for private clients.

 

1994

Our San Francisco office opens.

 

1997

Rochdale relocates to 570 Lexington Avenue, a historic building in midtown Manhattan.

 

1998

Rochdale Investment Trust, Rochdale’s family of mutual funds, is established. 

Launch of Rochdale Atlas Fund, an international equity fund, and the Rochdale Magna Fund, a large cap core fund.

 

1999

Our mutual fund family expands to provide full flexibility in asset class implementation. Funds include the Rochdale Large Growth, Large Value, and Intermediate Fixed Income funds.

 

2000

GalaxyTM, a proprietary portfolio management program that brings sophisticated institutional portfolio analysis to the high net worth client segment is created.  Galaxy becomes an industry-leading multi-asset class allocation diagnostic system.

 

2001

Rochdale pioneers the creation of volatility zones for segmenting client portfolio exposures.  We develop risk management techniques to the high net worth client segment through implementation of volatility thresholds for client portfolios.

Rochdale Investment Management LLC becomes the registered investment advisor and RIM Securities is established as a broker dealer for client accounts.

 

2002

High Dividend & Income strategy for private clients is formally introduced.

 

2003

Rochdale achieves $1 billion in assets under management.

Our Richmond office opens.

 

2004

Rochdale Offshore Investment Management is established to provide comprehensive, tax-compliant investment services to high net worth clients utilizing our offshore affiliations.

The next generation of GalaxyTM, with more comprehensive capabilities for portfolio management, is introduced.

Rochdale launches a global macro offshore hedge fund.

Our Florida office opens.

 

2005

Our GalaxyTM Asset Allocation Platform (GAAP) is offered to independent broker dealers to provide fee-based mutual fund asset allocation portfolios.

Acebes, D'Alessandro, and Associates, LLC, organizes as the holding company for Rochdale Investment Management and related entities. 

Acebes, D’Alessandro, and Associates, LLC, establishes Symphonic Financial Advisors LLC and Symphonic Securities LLC.

Rochdale Investment Management licenses GAAP to Symphonic Financial Advisors.

 

2006

Rochdale achieves $2 billion in assets under management.

Rochdale launches a multi-strategy offshore hedge fund.

Rochdale Investment Trust, Rochdale’s family of mutual funds, achieves $500 million in fund assets.

 

2007

Rochdale establishes FCA Rochdale, a division of Rochdale Investment Management providing comprehensive financial planning to select clients.

Rochdale creates an industry-leading low volatility SEC-registered multi-manager, multi-strategy hedge fund, the Rochdale Core Alternative Strategies Fund.

Federated Investors, Inc. acquires the Rochdale Atlas Fund.

 

2008

Our Dallas office opens.

Rochdale Investment Management receives an “Award of Excellence” in the Fifth Annual CPA Wealth Provider Financial Planning Awards.

 

2009

Rochdale creates a proprietary, Cayman Island based, single manager trade finance fixed income fund.

Rochdale launches the Rochdale Fixed Income Opportunities Fund, a fixed income fund investing across a spectrum of higher risk, higher yielding fixed income assets.  

Rochdale launches a high yielding fixed income fund capitalizing on structured legal settlements and insurance claims assets.

 

2010

Rochdale achieves $3 billion in assets under management.

Rochdale launches fund that seeks to capitalize on non-correlated alternative strategies in life settlement assets.

Rochdale launches new website.

 

2011

Rochdale achieves $4 billion in assets under management.

Our mutual fund family expands to provide full flexibility in asset class implementation with the addition of the Rochdale Emerging Markets Fund.