Tom Brakke, CFA, the owner and president of tjb advisors, has been in the investment business for more than twenty-five years. His breadth of experience and his creative approaches to investment problems form the foundation of a different kind of investment advisory firm.
A Chartered Financial Analyst, Tom worked for fifteen years in professional investment management roles with American Express Financial Advisors. With experience in both equities and fixed income, he held positions as an analyst, portfolio manager, and director of investment research. He founded and was president of Advisory Capital Strategies, the firm’s alternative investment division, and led a unit that created a variety of investment products.
For four years, Tom was the professional advisor for the Carlson Funds Enterprise, an MBA program at the Carlson School of Management of the University of Minnesota. Students in the enterprise learned the investment business by managing two funds that at the time totaled approximately $15 million. Tom worked one-on-one with students on the investment and operational issues that they faced, and taught a class about research analysis, investment management, and the investment business.
From 2003 to 2009, Tom served as the independent consultant for one of the twelve investment banks that was a party to the $1.5 billion Global Research Analyst Settlement. He was responsible for the structure and implementation of the firm’s independent research program under the settlement.
tjb advisors is a part of thomas j. brakke, llc, an organization dedicated to providing innovative approaches to investment problems. As such, it is affiliated with tjb research, which provides consulting services to investment organizations and other entities, as well as two blogs written by Tom Brakke: the research puzzle, which considers the process of making investment decisions and the workings of investment firms, and research puzzle pix, which features charts and links of interest to investors.
