SI357: Liquidity, Leverage, and the Lie of Calm ft. Cem Karsan
As summer sets in, Cem Karsan joins Niels Kaastrup-Larsen to trace the contours of a market that feels calm but isn’t. What looks like low vol masks a crowded hedge fund ecosystem and a structural vol...
19 Jul 20251h 29min
UGO04: CNBC Legend on the Price of Losing Price ft. Rick Santelli
Rick Santelli joins Cem Karsan for a conversation that cuts through the noise. From the floor of the Cboe to the era of central bank primacy, Santelli reflects on how markets have been reshaped... not...
15 Jul 202544min
SI356: The Anatomy of a CTA Recovery ft. Katy Kaminski
Katy Kaminski returns to examine a moment in trend following that feels familiar... but isn’t. Drawing on new research, she and Niels explore how drawdowns resolve, why recovery is faster when markets...
12 Jul 20251h 3min
ALO30: The Quiet Rewire of Portfolio Construction ft. Cian Walsh
Cian Walsh, Head of Hedge Funds and Private Debt at Formue, joins Alan Dunne to explore what it means to allocate capital when the macro regime, client expectations, and the structure of markets are ...
9 Jul 20251h 4min
SI355: Drawdowns Don’t Lie, But They May Mislead ft. Alan Dunne
Markets have recovered fast - maybe too fast. Alan and Niels unpack what sits beneath the surface: a bond market brushing off record deficits, volatility draining from asset prices, and trend follower...
5 Jul 202545min
OI17: The End of the Bull Market: What’s Next for Equities? ft. Asim Ghaffar
In this episode, Moritz Seibert speaks with Asim Ghaffar, the founder and CIO of AG Capital, a Boston-based macro hedge fund. Asim explains why he believes insourcing rather than outsourcing the organ...
2 Jul 20251h 9min
SI354: Everyone’s Different. Until They’re Not ft. Rob Carver
With markets drifting and conviction thinning, Rob Carver joins Niels to take stock of a moment that feels suspended... not quite crisis, not quite calm. They discuss why recent rule changes around ba...
28 Jun 20251h 13min
GM84: What Everyone Saw, but No One Priced ft. Bob Elliott
Bob Elliott joins Cem Karsan and Niels Kaastrup-Larsen for a conversation about what happens when strong economic data masks a deeper structural shift. The income engine still runs, but tariffs, labor...
25 Jun 20251h 15min
