Company History

anchester’s story begins in 1990 with Robert Katch, Pepperdine University’s Associate Treasurer for seven years, founding the company. In the years prior, he worked at the “Big 8” accounting firm of Arthur Young and Company in Los Angeles in its Merger & Acquisition and International Corporate Taxation groups. 

Robert’s passion to start Manchester derives from the vast superiority in approach that large institutional investors (such as large endowments, foundations and pension funds) enjoy over the retail investment services being offered to individuals by banks and brokerage firms. While some things have improved over the years, most of the disparities will always remain. Thus, Manchester continues to thrive by providing wealthy individuals with sophisticated portfolio management tailored to meet the goals, risk and return requirements and time horizons unique to individuals.

Even as we grow and evolve, we remain focused on our core market of managing investments to provide fulfilling lifestyles for our clients. We do this by always doing what’s right to meet the unique needs of each client and consistently delivering superior results using our knowledge, experience and understanding.