Julien Frazzo

Julien is the Director of Risk Management and Securities Research at Beacon Pointe Advisors and is a member of the Beacon Pointe Investment Committee. Prior to joining Beacon Pointe, Julien served as Director of Equity Research at the Bahnsen Group. Julien is a seasoned investment professional with twenty-one years of experience, including fourteen years as a risk taker in alternative asset management, five years in investment banking and two years in private wealth management. He began his career in the financial industry as an M&A banker and equity research analyst as part of Lehman Brothers analyst and associate programs. Julien transitioned to the buy-side of the industry in 2004 by joining Citadel as a Senior Analyst before being promoted to Managing Director of Citadel’s Principal Strategy. Julien subsequently served as a Portfolio Manager at several multi-billion-dollar boutique hedge funds before relocating his family to Southern California and transitioning to private wealth management in 2019. Julien earned a master’s degree in Accounting and Finance and a postgraduate degree in Corporate Finance, Financial Engineering and Securities Law from the University of Paris Dauphine in Paris, France. A French native, Julien holds American and British citizenships and lives in Seal Beach, California with his wife and daughter. Having worked in Paris, Amsterdam, London, Chicago, Monaco and Newport Beach, Julien is a student of many cultures and brings a global understanding of investments to the table.