Remove Benchmarking Remove Concentration Remove Leverage Remove Risk Management
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Transcript: Maria Vassalou

Barry Ritholtz

Another the great lesson, and I was still a global macro portfolio manager with my own silo at SAC Capital. And at the SAC Capital, it was all about risk management. I’ve focused much more on risk management, downside risk hedging. The hedge fund industry, generally, is outperforming their benchmarks.

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Transcript: Kristen Bitterly Michell

Barry Ritholtz

BITTERLY MICHELL: Not in leveraged, no, not at all, give more …. BITTERLY MICHELL: … risk management. And so, while you can see that concentration in markets, and sales, and trading, once I started really working with our private bank in a meaningful way, I was then able to lead teams of investment counselors and investors.

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Transcript: Kenneth Tropin

Barry Ritholtz

If you’re all interested in macro investing, trend following, commodities, currencies, fixed income, various types of quantitative strategies, and most important of all, risk management, you’re going to find this conversation to be absolutely fascinating. With no further ado, my interview of GCM’s Ken Tropin.