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Angus Cameron - Trade Structuring: Systematizing a Hidden Edge (S4E6)

Flirting with Models

CHAPTER

The Challenge of a Multi-Stretch Portfolio of Alpha Strategies After the Financial Crisis

We had a long bias on our macro books. And generated returns, which on an absolute basis was still good,. But relative to our peers who were employing a slightly different strategy, more of a hedged long strategy we didn't do as well. So it was the whole idea of a diversified portfolio of alpha strategies wasn't theory a great idea. In practice, it was very much harder as I discovered to remain at the efficiency frontier of each of these strategies. We had to execute and retrain these strategies on a continuous basis.

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