Distinguish among the different types and styles of hedge funds
Understand the prevalent hedge fund strategies and the implications for diversified portfolio performance
Portfolio managers and support personnel, family office personnel, wealth managers, investors, private bankers and financial advisors.
Prerequisite knowledge:
Intermediate MS Excel skills
Basic probability and statistics
Chris Thomas
Chris is Managing Director at Simon Quick, a Multifamily Office based in Morristown, NJ, and New York City.
Chris specializes in education and training on how hedge funds work and behave in an investment portfolio, having spent more than 15 years on Wall Street working in alternative investments. He has managed hedge fund of funds, marketed hedge funds and created multiple hedge fund products. He has introduced investors and other financial professionals to the hedge fund space.
Education
BA, Political Science, New York University Masters in International Affairs, International Banking and Finance, Columbia University