Jaeger: Managing Risk AI Strats_c

Jaeger, Lars

ISBN 10: 0273656988 / ISBN 13: 9780273656982

Published by FT Press, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jaeger: Managing Risk AI Strats_c
• Publisher: FT Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0273656988
• ISBN 13: 9780273656982
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

Alternative Investment Strategies, such as hedge funds, can enhance returns and reduce risk of a global investment portfolio. However, managing their "risk dimension" is critical to success. Managing Risk in Alternative Investment Strategies provides insight into the latest thinking about hedge funds and hedge fund risk management, elaborating on ways to approach some of the main problems and obstacles of this new investment class.

About the Author

Lars Jaeger

is a Partner of Partners Group, one of the largest European alternative asset managers, based in Zug, Switzerland. He was a Managing Director and Co-founder of saisGroup, a Swiss based specialist firm for multi-manager AIS portfolios, which merged with Partners Group in late 2001, and is now responsible for risk management of the diverse AIS investment products of Partners Group.

Lars Jaeger holds a PhD in theoretical physics from the Max-Planck Institute in Germany and worked as a researcher in different areas of theoretical physics (quantum field theory, atomic physics, and chaos theory).

Lars worked for two years at Olsen and Associates in Zurich as a quantitative researcher, where he designed econometric and mathematical models for financial markets (systematic trading models, portfolio and risk management).

He subsequently worked at Credit Suisse Asset Management, where he was responsible for risk management and quantitative analysis of Hedge Fund and Managed Futures strategies.