We were pleased to wrap up the MFA conference with two meetings with some great CTAs. Last night, Jeff Eizenberg had the chance to sit down with Andy Schneider (VP Institutional Marketing) and Jon Caplis (Research Manager) from Campbell & Company. With close to 150 employees, $3 billion in assets under management, and a research […]
Category: Managed Futures
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Jun
2011
MFA Update: Meeting with Michael Clarke of Clarke Capital
The oft referenced Clarke Capital stopped by the Attain office to meet with one of our clients, and we were thrilled to catch up with Michael Clarke. He spoke candidly about the Worldwide program, going into detail about the various markets and models traded. The way he explains it is that it is based on […]
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Jun
2011
MFA Update: Meeting with 2100 Xenon
Had a chance to catch up with Jeff Eizenberg after he took a client to visit 2100 Xenon’s Chicago office. They’ve got a great space set-up on West Erie, and the program’s set-up is pretty impressive as well. Jay Feuerstein heads up the program, and as of this year, has been trading 31 years. They’ve […]
22
Jun
2011
MFA Update: Meeting with Welton Investment Corporation
Jeff Malec and John Cummings met with Managing Director of Business Development Bob Robinson and Senior Managing Director of Portfolio and Trading Operations Brent Hankins, CAIA, of Welton Investment Corporation. Welton has long been one of our favorite CTAs, and we republished one of their research pieces a while back in our newsletter after it […]
22
Jun
2011
MFA Update: Meeting with Sol Waksman of BarclayHedge
Interesting meeting with Sol Waksman of BarclayHedge this morning. We recently defended Waksman after he was baselessly attacked in a CBS article, and it was nice to have a chance to talk about the incident. With a career as long and rich as Waksman’s, it’s understandable why he doesn’t feel the need to defend himself […]
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Jun
2011
MFA Update: Meeting with Covenant Capital
After speaking with a whole slew of newer CTAs today (or at least new to Attain), we got a chance to catch up with Attain recommended CTA Covenant Capital as Scott England (whose children play basketball with some of the Attain family’s kids, by the way) visited with clients in the Attain office. We found […]
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Jun
2011
MFA Update: Meeting with J.E. Moody
Another good meeting just completed – this time with spread trading firm J.E. Moody. Amongst all of the systematic, multi-market directional programs – it is refreshing to see someone finding a different way to skin the cat (sorry cat lovers). Moody is a commodity spread and relative value trader via futures and calendar spreads. They […]
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Jun
2011
MFA Update: Meetings with QMS and SCT
John and Walter are taking a break from their whirlwind MFA tour here at the office, and reporting on their meetings with two emerging managers: QMS and SCT Trading. QMS is run by soft-spoken, knowledgeable Dr. Peter Nolan and Dr. Michael Brant. Dr. Brant, a professor at Duke, has harnessed the research power of the […]
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Jun
2011
MFA Update: Meetings with Lenapi Advisors and Northfield Trading
Just got done chatting with Robert A. Kepler of Lenapi Advisors, LLC. Kepler’s systematic prowess contributed to the building of the Global Macro arm of hedge fund titan MKP, but after realizing that the company’s emphasis on managed futures was not going to cut it for them anymore, Kepler and his partner struck out on […]
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Jun
2011
MFA Update: Meeting with Quest Partners
Great meeting with Nigol Koulagian and his team from Quest Partners. Nigol is a research first type of manager, who not only knows the ins and outs of his program, but has intelligent views on the managed futures industry as a whole. His take – that the big boys in the industry are moving further […]
