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The investment seeks to generate a positive absolute return over time. Under normal market conditions, the fund seeks exposure to various asset classes, which may vary significantly over time but is generally expected to include exposure to equity markets, bond markets, interest rates, commodities, and currencies. The sub-advisor uses proprietary quantitative models to identify price trends in equity, fixed income, and currency and commodity instruments across time periods of various lengths.
Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Kathryn M. Kaminski | Portfolio Manager | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Kathryn M. Kaminski joined AlphaSimplex in 2018 and currently serves as Chief Research Strategist. Dr. Kaminski has served as co-portfolio manager of AlphaSimplex Managed Futures Strategy Fund since 2018 and AlphaSimplex Global Alternatives Fund since 2020. Prior to joining AlphaSimplex, Dr. Kaminski was a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”) Laboratory for Financial Engineering. Prior to this, she held portfolio management positions as a director, investment strategies at Campbell and Company and as a senior investment analyst at RPM, a CTA fund of funds. Dr. Kaminski earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from MIT. | ||
John C Perry | Portfolio Manager/Analyst | 2017 | Now |
Biography | As a Senior Research Scientist, Portfolio Manager at AlphaSimplex, Dr. Perry focuses on research and portfolio management. Dr. Perry joined AlphaSimplex in 2012. Dr. Perry has served as co-portfolio manager of the AlphaSimplex Managed Futures Strategy Fund since 2017 and the AlphaSimplex Multi-Asset Fund since 2020. Prior to this, he worked for Soros Fund Management, where he researched and developed quantitative equity trading strategies and risk models. Previously, he worked on the proprietary trading desk at J.P. Morgan. Dr. Perry earned a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Utah, an M.S. in Management and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT. His dissertation provided new insights into the neuroeconomics of market makers.. | ||
Robert S. Rickard | Portfolio Manager | 2016 | Now |
Biography | As a Portfolio Manager at AlphaSimplex, Mr. Rickard is responsible for managing the cash portion of the firm’s strategies. He has over 25 years of industry experience. Mr. Rickard joined AlphaSimplex in 2015. Prior to this, Mr. Rickard served as the Senior Vice President, Head of Portfolio Management and Trading, and Portfolio Manager at Reich & Tang Asset Management, LLC. Rickard focused on the management of short-term assets at Reich & Tang from 1992 to 2015. Mr. Rickard began managing the money market portion of AlphaSimplex’s products while at Reich & Tang Asset Management, and continues that work at AlphaSimplex. Mr. Rickard earned a B.S. in Accounting from Siena College and an M.B.A. from Pace University. | ||
Philippe P. Lüdi | Senior Research Scientist, | 2016 | Now |
Biography | Philippe P. Lüdi, CFA®, joined AlphaSimplex in 2006 and currently serves as Senior Research Scientist, focusing on global macro strategies as well as system engineering. Dr. Lüdi received the equivalent of an M.A. in Molecular and Computational Biology from the University of Basel in 2000, followed by an M.S. in Statistics in 2002 and a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics in 2006, both from Duke University. Dr. Lüdi holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst®. | ||
Alexander D. Healy | Chief Investment Officer | 2016 | Now |
Biography | Alexander D. Healy joined AlphaSimplex in 2007 and currently serves as Chief Investment Officer. Dr. Healy has served as co-portfolio manager of the AlphaSimplex Global Alternatives Fund and AlphaSimplex Managed Futures Strategy Fund since 2014. Dr. Healy received an A.B. in Mathematics and Computer Science in 2002 and a Ph.D. in Theoretical Computer Science in 2007, both from Harvard University. His doctoral research focused on the uses of randomness in algorithms and cryptography, and introduced novel approaches to generating pseudo-random numbers together with new applications of these methods. | ||
Robert W. Sinnott | Senior Research Scientist, Portfolio Manager | 2016 | 2020 |
Biography | As a Senior Research Scientist and Portfolio Manager at AlphaSimplex, Mr. Sinnott serves as a co-portfolio manager for the AlphaSimplex Managed Futures Strategy. In this role, he is focused on portfolio management, applied research, and overall capability development. Mr. Sinnott joined AlphaSimplex in 2009. He specializes in trend-following, term-structure, and pattern-based trading strategies, as well as trade execution optimization. He holds two patents in risk-managed index design. Mr. Sinnott earned both an A.B. and an A.M. in Statistics from Harvard University, where he focused on statistical machine learning, capital markets, and time series analysis. Mr. Sinnott is also a CAIA® Charterholder. | ||
Peter A. Lee | Co-Portfolio Manager | 2016 | 2017 |
Biography | Peter A. Lee joined AlphaSimplex in 2007 and currently serves as Senior Research Scientist for hedge fund strategies. Mr. Lee received an A.B. in Applied Mathematics with a secondary field in Economics from Harvard University in 2007 as well as an S.M. in Operations Research from MIT in 2016. His master’s thesis presented a novel technique for constructing sparse high-dimensional Gaussian models. |
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