SI260: The Voldemort of the Asset Management Business ft. Andrew Beer

SI260: The Voldemort of the Asset Management Business ft. Andrew Beer

Is the economy actually doing better than we expected? This week we are joined by Andrew Beer, where we discuss the use of replication strategies in the current economic environment and how many markets/factors you should include, how managers can differentiate themselves from each other and the outlook for growth in the CTA industry. We also discuss the challenges of the Lemming effect in investing and today’s obsession with multi-strategy hedge funds, the capacity of the trend following industry and much more.

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Episode TimeStamps:

01:20 - What has happened recently?

05:51 - Industry performance update?

07:13 - Are managed futures funds are right for replication?

13:55 - How did they test it?

17:23 - Are economies becoming less synchronised?

25:02 - How many markets are enough for replication?

29:01 - Why are people going into alternative markets?

32:58 - Have managers become more different or similar?

41:02 - Industry disruptions - how is Andrew different?

47:22 - Why CTA assets will be much higher in 10 years

54:44 - How Andrew resist making changes to his replication strategy

56:54 - Train wreck in hedge fund land

01:04:02 - How do multi-strat funds manage their expenses?

01:08:25 - The challenges of the industry

01:14:21 - Thanks for listening

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