Stephen is the former CIO and current CEO of Global Advisers, LLC, an investment and wealth management based in Philadelphia, PA. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFP Board, and founder of GlobalHumanRights.com, a non-profit organization that conducts primary research on global issues pertaining to human rights violations.
He graduated from Harvard with both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Government. He also completed an Undergraduate Advanced Diploma in Local History at the University of Oxford, England, and he studied Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting at the Harvard Business School.
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Harvard Business School
Economics for Managers, Financial Accounting, Business Analytics
2016 – 2017
Boston, Massachusetts
2016 – 2017
Boston, Massachusetts

Member Number: 226194
2000 – present
2000 – present

CFP Board ID: 156933
2018 – present
2018 – present
His academic research focuses on political, economic, and behavioral applied methodologies that focuses on providing explanations and solutions to specific financial problems, including those that affect (or are affected by) climate change policy and science, financial modeling and optimization, regulatory policy and reform, macroeconomics, and financial markets.
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To learn more about my academic research, vist my OpenScholar site at Harvard. scholar.harvard.edu/kovach
His professional research employs a top-down approach to identifying investment opportunities for both individual and institutional investors, combining fundamental and technical analysis methods to determine various factors that affect behavior and decision-making. He is particularly interested in ESG, Sustainability, and Impact Investing, and concentrates on industries and sectors that operate within these spaces.
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Stephen is the former CIO and current CEO of Global Advisers, LLC, an investment and wealth management based in Philadelphia, PA. He is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFP Board, and founder of GlobalHumanRights.com, a non-profit organization that conducts primary research on global issues pertaining to human rights violations.He graduated from Harvard with both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Government. He also completed an Undergraduate Advanced Diploma in Local History at the University of Oxford, England, and he studied Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting at the Harvard Business School.
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Harvard Business School
Economics for Managers, Financial Accounting, Business Analytics
2016 – 2017
Boston, Massachusetts - Memberships
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Member Number: 226194
2000 – presentCFP Board ID: 156933
2018 – present - Research
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His academic research focuses on political, economic, and behavioral applied methodologies that focuses on providing explanations and solutions to specific financial problems, including those that affect (or are affected by) climate change policy and science, financial modeling and optimization, regulatory policy and reform, macroeconomics, and financial markets.
View my Harvard website
To learn more about my academic research, vist my OpenScholar site at Harvard. scholar.harvard.edu/kovachHis professional research employs a top-down approach to identifying investment opportunities for both individual and institutional investors, combining fundamental and technical analysis methods to determine various factors that affect behavior and decision-making. He is particularly interested in ESG, Sustainability, and Impact Investing, and concentrates on industries and sectors that operate within these spaces.