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Mr. Thomas M.
Franks, CFA MBA, is an Equities Chief Investment Officer at TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC.
In this role, he oversees active and quantitative portfolio management, equity research and equity trading activities for TIAA Investments.
Prior to his current role, he served as Head of Active and Quantitative Equity Portfolio Management.
Before that, he acted as Head of Global Equity Research.
He joined the TIAA organization in 2001.
Mr. Franks has over 20 years of industry experience, including several years at Sanford C.
Bernstein & Co. in sell-side equity research.
He earned a B.S.
in operations research and industrial engineering from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the Anderson School at UCLA. He is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.
Former positions of Tom Franks
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Profile Unavailable | Corporate Officer/Principal | 30/12/2000 |
TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC
TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance TCIM concentrates on individual companies rather than sectors or industries, for their equity accounts. They look for stocks that it believes are attractively priced based on an analysis of the company’s prospects for growth in earnings, cash flow, revenues and other relevant measures. In general, the firm focuses on companies with shareholder-oriented management dedicated to creating shareholder value. For the fixed income accounts, TCIM concentrates on security selection, sector allocation, yield-curve positioning, and duration management. | Head-Equity Investments | - |
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| Private companies | 4 |
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Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Profile Unavailable | Finance |
TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC
TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance TCIM concentrates on individual companies rather than sectors or industries, for their equity accounts. They look for stocks that it believes are attractively priced based on an analysis of the company’s prospects for growth in earnings, cash flow, revenues and other relevant measures. In general, the firm focuses on companies with shareholder-oriented management dedicated to creating shareholder value. For the fixed income accounts, TCIM concentrates on security selection, sector allocation, yield-curve positioning, and duration management. | Finance |
Cornell University
Cornell University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Anderson School of Management
Anderson School of Management Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
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