Absolute return investment specialist: multi-asset, multi-strategy, multi-manager, option overlays & derivatives.Track record - gross Sharpe >1 over 10+ yrs, 2008 return +6.6%, maximum lifetime peak/trough drawdown 6.0% - liquid absolute returns with positive tails (upside > downside). Co-managed IVC Ascent Fund for 12 yrs (www.ivcapital.com), a top ranked capital guaranteed, multi-strat, multi-manager fund on the $10bn Lyxor platform.  ☀ Absolute Return Investment Process    > 1) Economic Data, 2) Monetary Policy, 3) Valuation Metrics, 4) Flows, Positioning & Sentiment, 5) Correlation & Quant Analysis, 6) Catalysts & Events    > Super-Forecasting: intelligence gathering database    > Decision-Making: best practice to minimise errors & bias    > Valuation models for global markets: maintained since 1992    > 30 years experience  ☀ 2002-2014: IVC Ascent Fund - Portfolio Manager - ranked top 2%   > Twelve positive years, including 2008    > 10y gross compound return 6.2%, st.dev 3.7%   > 10y gross Sharpe (compound return / st.dev.) = 1.7   > 10y max peak/trough drawdown = 6.0%    > 2008 return = +6.6% gross (peer group average down 20%)   > Delivered liquid absolute returns with positive skew (upside > downside tail)   > Lyxor managed account - weekly liquidity, no lock-ups, aum $350m+   > IVC Investment Committee - chaired by Prof. Stephen Ross (MIT)   > 2012-2014: IVC Global Markets Fund - UCITS IV authorised by Central Bank of Ireland   > Thematic global macro strategies☀ A few interests:   - “Risk Premia: Asymmetric Tail Risks and Excess Returns” (Lempérière et al, 2016)   - "Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction" (Tetlock & Gardner, 2015)   - "Modern Money Theory"​ 2nd ed. (L. Randall Wray, 2015)   - "Princes of the Yen"​ (Werner, 2003) - with recent YouTube video: