Richard Duff

Richard Duff is Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager at Redwood Investment Management, LLC, based in Scottsdale, Arizona. In this role, he leads the firm's investment strategy and risk management initiatives, focusing on developing and managing advanced quantitative solutions, including mutual funds, ETFs, and risk-budgeted portfolios for financial advisors and their clients.

Duff specializes in engineered, risk-managed portfolios that diversify across asset classes while maintaining defined drawdown limits, leveraging proprietary quantitative models to address drawdown risk in equity and multi-asset strategies. His expertise spans quantitative investment strategies, portfolio construction, and advisory support for planning-focused financial advisors, with an emphasis on both equity and multi-asset class solutions.

Before joining Redwood in 2015, Duff served as President at OMT Capital Management and held senior portfolio management and executive roles at J&W Seligman, Citizens JMP, BlackRock, Nicholas Applegate, Pacific Income Advisers, and Harvest Capital Strategies. He holds a BA in History from the University of California, Berkeley, and a JD from the University of San Francisco School of Law, with additional studies at Washington and Lee University School of Law and The Hill School.