Investment Management

What Comes Next: The Potential Hazards of a Future Recession

December 19, 2022


Marc Castellani
Marc Castellani

Managing Director in Investment Strategy & Research, Member of Board of Directors, Partner

Marc joined Aspiriant in February of 2015. He has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. Marc oversees the firm’s private investment offering (private equity, venture capital, hedge funds and private real estate), and actively works with his colleagues on asset allocation, investment strategy and manager selection. Marc is a member of Aspiriant’s Investment and Client Service Committees.

Prior to joining the firm, Marc worked at the J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Los Angeles in a senior client management role and worked with families and high net worth individuals on portfolio management, tax planning, liability management and wealth transfer strategies. Before moving to Los Angeles in 2009, Marc worked for several years in New York City in the Mergers and Acquisitions departments of J.P. Morgan and Banc of America Securities. In that capacity, Marc advised large multinational clients and privately held, family-owned businesses on a range of strategic alternatives including sales, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs and growth equity financings.

Marc earned his undergraduate degree at Cornell University and his graduate degree in finance at the University of Rochester.

Marc lives in Manhattan Beach with his wife and children.

Stephen Kawasaki
Stephen Kawasaki

Manager in Investment Strategy & Research, Partner

Stephen brings nearly a decade of investment management experience to his role as a Senior Research Analyst in the Investment Strategy & Research group. Stephen works with his colleagues from our
Orange County office on asset allocation, investment strategy and manager selection decisions.

Prior to joining Aspiriant in 2016, Stephen was a member of the Investment Committee at Balasa Dinverno Foltz LLC, which manages assets primarily for individuals, families and institutional clients. In addition to investment strategy responsibilities, he provided investment and wealth advisory services to high net worth individuals and families.

Stephen earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Financial Planning with high honors from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®), Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), and the Certified Financial PlannerTMTM (CFP®) designations. He is also a member of the CFA Institute and CAIA Association.

Stephen lives in Orange County with his family.


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