James Klinger

James Klinger is a Partner and Trader at Coho Partners, Ltd., a Philadelphia-based investment firm. In this role, he oversees all facets of trading for the firm's separately managed accounts and model platforms, including trade order creation, execution, and settlement. He specializes in equity trading and is integral to managing the firm’s trading operations across diverse equity strategies.

Klinger has extensive expertise covering micro, small, smid, and mid-cap equity strategies, developed over 27 years in the investment industry. Before joining Coho Partners in 2017, he spent eleven years as Senior Equity Trader at Penn Capital Management, where he was responsible for trading across various capitalization strategies, and earlier worked as a Portfolio Investment Specialist with Nuveen Investments, focusing on equity trading and portfolio support.

He holds an MBA in Finance from Temple University’s Fox School of Business and a BS in Finance from DeSales University. Klinger is recognized for his analytical rigor, trading discipline, and operational excellence, contributing significantly to the firm’s execution quality and risk management in public equity markets, particularly within the U.S. market micro through mid-cap sectors.