TTU11: Lessons From a Highly Educated Founder & Fund Manager ft. Mathias Bucher of AllMountainCapital – 1of2

Our next show provides you with the opportunity to learn from a highly educated founder and fund manager.

He Studied Economics at the Luzon Universidad de Carlos III de Madrid. He went on to earn a PhD in Quantitative Finance in Evolutionary Finance at University of Zurich. Upon graduating he agreed to a research position with Zurich Capital Bank.

Horizon21 made an offer to have Mathias and his business partner Dr. Tilman Keese build a systematic trading program. In 2010 they left Horizon21 to go out as entrepreneurs with AllMountainCapital.

Please give a warm welcome to, Dr. Mathias Bucher.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• The story of founding AllMountainCapital and how much AUM they currently manage
• How they outsource all non-core aspects of the business so they can focus on Research, Trading & Client services
• On the changes in the CTA industry from 2007 to the presentWhy central bank actions are correlated with a drop in volatility since 2009
• The nature of the AllMountain trading model and how it has coped during challenging times
• About the Modules that make up the AllMountain trading program
• Sectors and markets that AllMountain trade
• How their different system works and why they use it the way they do
• How they quantify trend strength in a market

Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:

• Larry Hite and ISAM
• Watch another interview with Dr. Mathias Bucher on Opalesque TV

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