Asset Risk Consultants is an independent, privately-owned business with operations in Canada, Guernsey, Jersey and the UK.

Asset Risk Consultants has taken on Marco Galvan to expand its reach in Canada, based in Toronto.

Galvan, a member of the CFA Institute, previously worked in discretionary investment at RBC Wealth Management, specializing in manager due diligence, portfolio construction, performance and risk analysis.

ARC provides investment consulting, manager research and performance reporting, with assets under scrutiny of around $25 billion. ARC’s “Private Client Indices” are available through its web-based research portal, Suggestus, which launched this month.

The focus over the coming months, ARC said, will be on gathering data to launch Canadian dollar PCIs. (The firm already provides PCIs in US dollar, euro, Swiss franc and pound sterling currency denominations.)

“The central concept behind the design of the ARC PCI is the notion that investors are interested in measuring how well their personal portfolio is doing versus other private clients with similar investment objectives,” ARC said.