Risk Responsive Alpha Seeker™ Strategy
Because of its historic diversification attributes and potential for left tail risk mitigation, an allocation to Alpha Seeker may be appropriate as a diversifier to a beta-rich equity portfolio or in the case where a combination of equities and fixed income is not yielding the expected risk-adjusted return benefits.
Alpha Seeker™
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Meet the Portfolio Managers
Matt Thompson, CFA
Alpha Seeker™ and Tactical Beta Strategies Co-Portfolio Manager
Matt oversees the Volatility Dashboard and acts as Co-Portfolio Manager of the Alpha Seeker strategy and the Tactical Beta strategy. Matt has over 20 years of capital markets and investing experience, focusing on futures trading with an emphasis on VIX-related exchange-traded products. Matt’s perspective and insights on risk, the VIX and the broader volatility ecosystem are sought after by peers and members of the financial press alike, with contributions to articles in Barron’s, the Wall Street Journal and Reuters. Matt served in an analyst role at Envestnet before joining forces with his brother Mike as the head of operations at Premier Asset Management LLC, a $500M investment advisor spun out of Northern Trust. Subsequently, Matt served in business development and financial modeling roles for a Chicago-based start-up derivatives exchange before being recruited to a family office in 2008 where he co-developed Thompson Capital Management’s (TCM) Volatility Dashboard during the Financial Crisis. Matt subsequently traded the strategy directly in the futures market for the proprietary trading desk of ED&F Man Ltd and as a Commodity Trading Advisor. He co-developed the Alpha Seeker and Tactical Beta strategies with his brother Mike. Matt is a member of the CFA Society of Chicago.
Matt Thompson, CFA
Alpha Seeker™ and Tactical Beta Strategies Co-Portfolio Manager
Mike has over 23 years of experience constructing and managing portfolios with a focus on volatility and risk management strategies. Mike is a co-portfolio manager of the Alpha Seeker strategy and the Tactical Beta strategy.
Early in his career, his work included portfolio management roles at The Northern Trust, William Blair and Premier Asset Management LLC, a $500M investment advisor spun out of Northern Trust. Mike later provided derivatives modeling expertise to a start-up derivatives exchange in Chicago before being recruited by a family office where he co-developed a VIX trading strategy that began trading on a proprietary basis using VIX ETPs in October 2011. In 2013, Mike began trading the strategy directly in the futures market for the proprietary trading desk of ED&F Man Ltd and as a Commodity Trading Advisor, first as a principal of Advocate Asset Management LLC and subsequently for Typhon Capital Management LLC. He co-developed the Alpha Seeker and Tactical Beta strategies with his brother Matt. Mike is a member of the CFA Society of Chicago.