Juan Best

Juan Best, CFA, is a Research Analyst on the Manager Research Team at XPONANCE, INC., headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. He joined XPONANCE in June 2023 and is primarily responsible for sourcing and conducting ongoing due diligence of investment managers for the firm’s multi-manager strategy platform, with a focus on active global equities. His work emphasizes identifying and evaluating skilled managers operating in capacity-constrained markets such as non-U.S. and emerging equities, and he contributes manager recommendations to portfolio construction and oversight efforts.

Juan's expertise spans manager research across public and private asset classes, including long-only equities, multi-asset solutions, hedge funds, and private/opportunistic credit. Prior to XPONANCE, he served as Senior Analyst at Segal Marco Advisors, where he led due diligence and sourced managers across the public equities and alternatives universe, and as Analyst at the same firm, gaining extensive experience in investment manager evaluation.

He graduated from Swarthmore College with a BA in Economics and Mathematics, emphasizing Statistics, and is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Society of Philadelphia. Juan also brings international perspective with studies in Chinese language and culture at Beijing Normal School #2, and is an alumnus of The Peddie School. His notable contributions include manager development assistance and thought leadership through published white papers in the investment management industry.