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Category: Season 5

  • Season 5

S05E14: Alternative Markets & Specialist Strategies

  • October 23, 2022
  • Tagged as: alternative markets, china, momentum, systematic macro, trend following
In this episode I speak with Giuliana Bordigoni, Director of Specialist Strategies at Man AHL. In her role, Giuliana oversees the firm’s strategies that require specialist knowledge. This includes, for example, alternative markets, options trading,...

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Corey Hoffstein
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S05E13: Questioning the Quant Orthodoxy

  • October 2, 2022
  • Tagged as: machine learning, systematic macro, trend following
In this episode I speak with Adam Butler, co-founder and CIO of ReSolve Asset Management. For full disclosure, at the time of recording I am personally an investor in one of ReSolve’s private funds. Adam...

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Corey Hoffstein
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S05E12: Systematic Multi-Strategy from 100+ Models

  • August 28, 2022
  • Tagged as: systematic macro, trend following
In this episode I speak with Kevin Cole, CEO and CIO of Campbell & Company. In the first half of the conversation, we discuss Campbell’s flagship systematic multi-strategy program. We cover topics including trend-following versus...

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S05E11: Market Tremors & Tail Hedging

  • August 8, 2022
  • Tagged as: tail hedging, volatility
Today I am joined by Hari Krishnan, Head of Volatility Strategies at SCT Capital and author of the books Second Leg Down and Market Tremors. We begin with a discussion of Hari’s newest book, Market...

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S05E10: Trading FX Volatility

  • July 31, 2022
  • Tagged as: foreign exchange, otc, volatility
In this episode I speak with Harel Jacobson, an FX volatility trader. There is a lot that makes the FX volatility market unique.  For starters, the end users are more focused on hedging cash-flow and...

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S05E09: Replicating Hedge Fund Beta

  • July 24, 2022
  • Tagged as: hedge funds, trend following
My guest in this episode is Andrew Beer, co-founder of Dynamic Beta Investments. Andrew has spent the last 15 years trying to pioneer the adoption of hedge fund replication strategies.  The core thesis is that...

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S05E07: Scientific Investing in Fixed Income

  • July 10, 2022
  • Tagged as: fixed income, style premia
My guest this episode is Ralph Smith, Head of Research at BlueCove. BlueCove offers long-only and market-neutral mandates in corporate credit and interest rate markets, with an emphasis on utilizing a scientific approach to portfolio...

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S05E08: Unexpected Returns

  • July 7, 2022
  • Tagged as: alternative markets, asset allocation, diversification, style premia, trend following
My guest in this episode needs no introduction: Antti Ilmanen, co-head of Portfolio Solutions at AQR, award winning researcher, and author of the books Expected Returns and the recently published Investing Amid Low Expected Returns....

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S05E06: Mining Unstructured Data for the Intangible

  • July 2, 2022
  • Tagged as: alternative data, crypto, machine learning
My guest in this episode is Kai Wu, CEO and founder of Sparkline Capital. Kai is a pioneer in the measurement of intangible value.  Using machine learning, he tackles unstructured data sources like patent filings,...

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S05E05: Expectancy Hacking

  • June 26, 2022
  • Tagged as: volatility
Today I speak with David Sun, a retail trader who started his own hedge fund. Coming from a non-traditional background, David takes a non-traditional approach in his investment mandates.  Focused on selling options to capture...

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