Chief Investment Officer
John “Jan” Eckstein joined Astor in 2011 and serves as Chief Investment Officer. As Vice Chairperson of the firm’s investment committee, Eckstein is responsible for international global macro strategies. In 1995, she founded Cornerstone Quantitative Investment Group, a global macro hedge fund with peak assets of $600 million. Prior to Cornerstone, Eckstein was a researcher for Luck Trading Company, a commodity trading adviser, is a co-author of Commodity Investing (John Wiley & Sons, 2008) and is a frequent speaker at industry events. She holds a B.S. from Brown University and a Masters in Public Administration (MPA – International Economic Policy) from Columbia University.