Clayton Freeman

Clayton Freeman is a Principal and Portfolio Manager at ArrowMark Partners in Denver, Colorado, where he leads portfolio management for hedged equity and multi-asset strategies. He is responsible for managing the Meridian Hedged Equity Fund and ArrowMark’s Fundamental Opportunity Fund, utilizing a combination of fundamental equity research, risk-managed exposures, and option-based strategies to achieve optimized returns while mitigating portfolio volatility.

Freeman’s investment focus spans public and private credit, equities, commercial real estate financing, and specialty lending, with an emphasis on identifying asymmetric risk/return profiles and generating income-driven absolute returns. He has experience across asset-backed securities, CLOs, RMBS, and specialty finance, and his equity strategy prioritizes quality growth companies in sectors such as consumer discretionary, industrials, technology, and healthcare.

With a career at ArrowMark Partners since 2009, Freeman also serves as a Board Member at SmartLabs and a Board Observer at Intersection Co. He holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Denver - Daniels College of Business, a BA from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a degree from NOLS, underpinning his expertise in asset management, credit analysis, and investment strategy development.