Mr. Boughton joined the predecessor firm to Matisse Capital in 2006, and has been the Portfolio Manager and Chief Analyst at Matisse Capital since 2010. Before that, Mr. Boughton was a Portfolio Manager and Analyst with 1st Source, where he co-managed a publicly traded mutual fund, created the firm’s outside mutual fund recommendation list, analyzed individual equity securities, generated investment commentary, and devised a quantitative approach to fundamentals-based security selection. Mr. Boughton received a BS degree with distinction in mathematics from the University of Houston in 1997, and is a CFA charter holder.

Mr. Torkelson is the founder and has been the chief investment officer of Matisse Capital since 2010. He has been in the investment business since 1981. He began his career with Smith Barney, spent 10 years at Dain Bosworth as a senior vice president, managing partner, and perennial Chairman’s Club member, founded Matisse Capital’s predecessor firm in 1997, and then started Matisse Capital in 2010. Mr. Torkelson received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Oregon.