Professionals
Joseph R. Rioff, CFAAssociate
(617) 896-0225
jrioff@colchesterpartners.com
Joseph R. Rioff, CFA, Associate, has 10 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Colchester in 2009, he held the same position at de Guardiola Advisors, an investment bank specializing in mergers and acquisitions in the asset management industry. While at de Guardiola, Mr. Rioff worked on numerous transactions including Guardian Life’s acquisition of a 10% ownership interest in real estate specialist Kennedy Wilson, Inc. and the successful acquisition of Kennedy Wilson, Inc. by Prospect Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company with $250 million of capital.
Prior to de Guardiola, Mr. Rioff was a Consultant at Brockhouse Cooper International, a leading institutional investment consultant specializing in investment manager research, evaluation and selection. During his six years at Brockhouse Cooper, Mr. Rioff conducted hundreds of due diligence meetings with investment managers, led investment manager searches for U.S. clients and co-led business development within the U.S. plan sponsor, endowment and foundation communities. He also spent a year as a Broker Operations Representative for mutual fund company The Calvert Group and was a summer intern at Asset Management Finance, an provider of innovative capital solutions to asset management firms. Mr. Rioff received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Connecticut College in 2000 and a Masters degree in Business Administration from The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business in 2008.