Ex-Citibank Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Citi Wealth David Bailin Launches New Wealth Intelligence & Portfolio Advisory Company The CIO Group Providing Portfolio Management & Advice to Clients, Advisors & Family Office CIOs, Founders & Executives Include ex-Citi Head of Finance Architect & Innovation Abraham Ouano, ex- JP Morgan & Saperstein Family Office Sean McDermott & ex-General Catalyst Juliet Bailin
9th October | Hong Kong
Ex-Citibank Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Citi Wealth David Bailin has launched a new wealth intelligence & portfolio advisory company The CIO Group, providing portfolio management & advice to clients, advisors & family office CIOs. The CIO Group founders & executives include ex-Citi Head of Finance Architect & Innovation Abraham Ouano, ex- JP Morgan & Saperstein Family Office Sean McDermott & ex-General Catalyst Juliet Bailin. Announcement (7/10/25): “The CIO Group (“CIOG”), a new wealth intelligence firm, today announced its official launch. Founded by David Bailin, former Global Head and Chief Investment Officer of Citi Wealth, alongside a senior team drawn from the world’s top banks, investment boutiques, and family offices, CIOG delivers Total Wealth Intelligence — a new paradigm in portfolio management powered by a powerful combination of proprietary artificial intelligence and decades of investing experience. With its proprietary technology and industry-leading investment experience, CIO Group client portfolios focus on growth industries, reflect shifting macroeconomic trends, weight elements based on relative market valuations and take advantage of markets dislocation. CIO Group advises clients on their total wealth, improving portfolio results by reducing fees, improving cash returns, eliminating redundant market exposures and increasing diversification, all while working with other advisors and family office CIOs. At the center of CIOG’s business is COLOR, our proprietary AI-powered analytics engine that decodes a client’s total portfolio with unprecedented transparency. COLOR allows the CIO Group to advise or manage portfolios with increased tax efficiency and fewer hidden risks. CIOG’s leadership team works side by side with clients and their advisors to act on its insights to optimize performance and increase portfolio efficiency. CIOG is designed to work cooperatively with advisors, wealth owners and families that seek independent institutional-grade expertise as they adopt COLOR, our total wealth intelligence engine. After reviewing the top data aggregation platforms, The CIO Group has formed a strategic relationship with Private Wealth Systems (PWS). PWS is unique in its ability to delivery data that is more accurate, more comprehensive and provided more timely than other aggregation or reporting platforms. We know the best advice requires the best data and PWS is acknowledged throughout the wealth industry to have the most accurate data.” In 2024 April, Citibank Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Citi Wealth David Bailin announced to depart (Last Day: 15/5/24) after 15 years. David Bailin joined Citi in 2009, and was appointed as Citi Wealth Chief Investment Officer (CIO) in 2019. Linkedin Post by David Bailin (16/4/24): “After 15 great years, I want to announce that May 15th will be my last day as Chief Investment Officer at Citi Wealth. As I look back on my years at Citi, I am filled with gratitude. After Jane Fraser offered me the opportunity to lead the rebuilding of Citi’s investment platform in 2009, we assembled an extraordinary team that developed a global, integrated, open architecture investments business now at the heart of Citi Wealth … … As I begin a new chapter, I am eager to focus my energy and entrepreneurial spirit to address investment strategy issues facing family offices. And I intend to partner with others who share that interest.”
“ Ex-Citibank Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Citi Wealth David Bailin Launches New Wealth Intelligence & Portfolio Advisory Company The CIO Group Providing Portfolio Management & Advice to Clients, Advisors & Family Office CIOs, Founders & Executives Include ex-Citi Head of Finance Architect & Innovation Abraham Ouano, ex- JP Morgan & Saperstein Family Office Sean McDermott & ex-General Catalyst Juliet Bailin “
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David Bailin, Founder and CEO of the CIO Group: ”Artificial intelligence enables the CIO Group to assess every element of client portfolios and access vast industry data sources. We utilize our proprietary active asset allocation to craft portfolios with components that are chosen for their specificity, fee efficiency and tax mitigation. We believe we can identify hundreds of basis points in incremental return opportunities across every dimension of a client’s wealth – a process that provides clarity, insight, and optimization.”
For current and future PWS clients, CIOG provides critical and timely portfolio insights while maintaining robust security and privacy. This foundation of trust allows CIOG to deliver:
- Holistic portfolio diagnostics including diversification analysis, fee benchmarking, and stress testing.
- Cash yield optimization, ensuring clients earn competitive returns on all liquid assets.
- Fee minimization, identifying ways to reduce portfolio management costs.
- Risk mitigation strategies, to identify concentration risks across multiple advisor and portfolio positions.
- Tactical asset allocation recommendations, shifting exposures dynamically in response to market and valuation signals.
- Strategic advisory, providing clarity around private equity, credit, and alternative allocations, competitive return analysis and improved benchmarking.
The CIO Group – The CIO Group is a wealth intelligence firm delivering portfolio management and advice powered by COLOR, its proprietary AI-powered wealth intelligence engine. Founded by an award-winning executive team from Citi, JPMorgan, BDT & MSD, and leading family offices, CIOG combines artificial and human intelligence to deliver Clarity, Insight, and Optimization for ultra-high-net-worth families and institutions. CIOG advises and manages portfolios with reduced fees, increased tax efficiency, greater cash yields, and fewer hidden risks while providing exposure to areas of the economy that will be the biggest drivers of wealth creation. CIOG works cooperatively with advisors, wealth owners and families that seek independent institutional-grade investment expertise. Members of CIOG’s leadership team won a total of 9 industry awards while at Citi including multiple Private Wealth Management awards for excellence in technology and artificial intelligence. While at Citi, members of the CIOG leadership team also received the Private Wealth Management award for Best Chief Investment Office in Private Banking in 2024 and the Euromoney award for World’s Best Chief Investment Office in 2024.
Citibank Chief Investment Officer at Citi Wealth David Bailin to Depart on 15th May 2024 after 15 Years, Joined Citi in 2009 & Appointed as Citi Wealth CIO in 2019
17th April 2024 – Citibank Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Citi Wealth David Bailin has announced to depart (Last Day: 15/5/24) after 15 years. David Bailin joined Citi in 2009, and was appointed as Citi Wealth Chief Investment Officer (CIO) in 2019. Linkedin Post by David Bailin (16/4/24): “After 15 great years, I want to announce that May 15th will be my last day as Chief Investment Officer at Citi Wealth. As I look back on my years at Citi, I am filled with gratitude. After Jane Fraser offered me the opportunity to lead the rebuilding of Citi’s investment platform in 2009, we assembled an extraordinary team that developed a global, integrated, open architecture investments business now at the heart of Citi Wealth … … As I begin a new chapter, I am eager to focus my energy and entrepreneurial spirit to address investment strategy issues facing family offices. And I intend to partner with others who share that interest.”
Citibank Chief Investment Officer at Citi Wealth David Bailin to Depart on 15th May 2024 after 15 Years Since Joining Citi in 2009, Appointed as Citi Wealth CIO in 2019
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