Click below to read Nottingham’s Chief Investment Officer, Larry Whistler, as a guest author on IRIS “Employing Factors in a Portfolio’s Core”. In this article, Larry discusses the use of a factors-based approach to core portfolio construction.

Larry Whistler, CFA
President

Larry joined Nottingham in 2006 and heads the Investment Policy Committee, along with portfolio and relationship management responsibilities. He brings over 32 years of investment experience to the team. Prior to joining Nottingham in 2006, Larry worked as an independent RIA for two years and, before that, spent a decade as a bond trader for Merrill Lynch Capital Markets in Los Angeles and New York City.

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