Company Overview

History of the Firm

TrimTabs Asset Management is an investment management firm focused on alpha-oriented strategies. Our methodology is informed by almost three decades of research and eight years of real time application.

  • TrimTabs Investment Research is founded by Charles Biderman as a leading independent institutional research firm focused on equity market liquidity.


    1990

  • TrimTabs Investment Research shifts focus from short selling to equity market liquidity research.


    1995

  • TrimTabs Investment Research starts daily collection of data on U.S. exchange-traded funds. Goldman Sachs purchases minority share in TrimTabs


    2007

  • TrimTabs Asset Management is founded with an aim to deliver alpha without paying high management fees.


    2008

  • TrimTabs begins subadvising TrimTabs Float Shrink ETF (TTFS).


    2011

  • TrimTabs Asset Management Trust is formed to launch TrimTabs family of actively managed free cash flow funds. The TrimTabs All Cap US Free-Cash-Flow ETF (TTAC) is launched.


    2016

  • TrimTabs Asset Management Launches the TrimTabs All Cap International Free-Cash-Flow ETF (TTAI)


    2017

  • TTAC crosses the $100mm AUM Milestone


    2018

  • TrimTabs introduces new CEO: Bob Shea


    2020

TrimTabs

TrimTabs gets its name from Buckminster Fuller, the American systems theorist and visionary who employed an aeronautical term to deliver the message that small adaptations can make big changes.

Our Team

TrimTabs’s management team has broad investment management experience, with proven expertise in all areas of asset management.

  • Bob Shea

    CEO
    Co-Chief Investment Officer

    Bob joins TTAM from J.A. Forlines Group, which he co-founded in 2009 and for which he most recently served as President and Co-Chief Investment Officer. He has also held senior positions with Tegean Capital, AsiaSource Capital and Goldman Sachs, where he was a Partner in charge of Cash Equities Trading and served as a member of Goldman’s equities division Risk and Global Trading Committees.

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  • Janet Flanders Johnston, CFA

    Co-Chief Investment Officer
    Portfolio Manager

    Janet Flanders Johnston, CFA, is a Co-Chief Investment Officer at TrimTabs Asset Management, responsible for the day-to-day management of the firm’s two ETFS: US All-Cap Free Cash Flow (TTAC) and International All-Cap Free Cash Flow (TTAI). Ms. Johnston joined TrimTabs as Portfolio Manager in May 2017. Prior to joining TrimTabs, Ms. Johnston was managing her family’s premier timber and hunting business from 2015. In addition, Ms. Johnston was an ETF Advisor from 2012 to 2015 and a Managing Partner from 2011 to 2012 at Madrona Partners, Inc. She was a Senior Portfolio Manager and Senior Vice President for Avatar Associates from 2010 to 2011. Earlier in her career, Ms. Johnston was on the investment team where legendary investor, Martin Zweig, was Director of Research and Chairman of the Investment Committee. Ms. Johnston holds a B.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Georgia and is a CFA charter holder. She has been featured on Bloomberg TV and Radio, in the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and numerous other media outlets.

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  • Alan Rubenfeld

    Director of Sales

    Mr. Rubenfeld previously worked in senior ETF sales positions for Financial Products LLC and QuantShares. Alan spent most of his career in senior sales positions at several leading global financial institutions. He was an Executive Director for Portfolio Trading and ETF sales at UBS, Managing Director in Institutional Relationship Management for BNP Paribas and Managing Director in Global Portfolio Trading and Transition Management for Deutsche Bank Securities. He is the author of The Super Traders: Secrets and Successes of Wall Street’s Best and Brightest (Dow Jones Irwin). Alan is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he received both a BA in English Literature and a Masters in Business Administration.


  • Derin Cohen

    Chief Operating & Compliance Officer

    Derin Cohen joined TrimTabs Asset Management in July 2017. Prior to joining TrimTabs, Derin performed internal operations audits covering mutual funds, closed-end funds, and exchange traded funds. Mr. Cohen manages the firm’s marketing campaigns and assists in various daily operations. Derin received his Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Economics from the State University of New York at Buffalo.


  • Vince (Qijun) Chen

    Quantitative Analyst

    Vince (Qijun) Chen is a Quantitative Analyst at TrimTabs Assets Management, focuses on bringing advanced quantitative analysis and mathematical modeling technique to develop the firm’s research division. He is responsible for the TTAM proprietary quantitative stock selection model development, empirical research support to Chief Investment Officer, and idea generation and implementation for new products. Vince received Master of Science in Quantitative Methods and Modeling from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, and Bachelor of Economics from the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.


  • Alexandra Shell

    Equity Analyst

    Alexandra Shell is an Equity Analyst at TrimTabs Asset Management, responsible for multi-sector equity research to provide risk analysis and insight on new investment opportunities based on company fundamentals and market trends. She directly supports our portfolio managers in the management of our domestic and international funds. A current CFA Level I Candidate, Alexandra received a Bachelor’s degree from Furman University, where she studied Business Administration and Finance.

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Company overview

Investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible.

References to other funds should be interpreted as an offer of these securities.

Free Cash Flow (FCF) represents the cash that a company is able to generate after accounting for expenditures.

Alpha is a measure of performance on a risk-adjusted basis.

Before investing you should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other information is in the statutory and summary prospectuses, a copy of which may be obtained by visiting the Fund’s website at www.trimtabsfunds.com/ttac, www.trimtabsfunds.com/ttai. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

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There is no guarantee that TTAC will achieve its investment objective. Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Because the Fund is an ETF (rather than a mutual fund), shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV), may trade at a discount or premium to NAV, and are not individually redeemable. Owners of the shares may acquire those shares from the Fund and tender those shares for redemption to the Fund in Creation Unit aggregations only, consisting of 25,000 shares. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. Investments in the Fund include risks associated with small-and mid-cap securities, which involve limited liquidity and greater volatility than large-cap securities.

There is no guarantee that TTAI will achieve its investment objective. Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Because the Fund is an ETF (rather than a mutual fund), shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV), may trade at a discount or premium to NAV, and are not individually redeemable. Owners of the shares may acquire those shares from the Fund and tender those shares for redemption to the Fund in Creation Unit aggregations only, consisting of 25,000 shares. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. Investments in the Fund include risks associated with small-and mid-cap securities, which involve limited liquidity and greater volatility than large-cap securities. Returns on investments in foreign securities could be more volatile than investments in domestic securities.