RT11: AHL 30 Year Anniversary ft. Michael Adam, David Harding & Marty Lueck – 1of3

Aug 18, 2017

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I was thrilled to be joined by the founders of AHL, to celebrate their 30 year anniversay of founding AHL: Michael Adam who later co-founded Aspect Capital, David Harding also known as founder and CEO of Winton Capital and Marty Lueck also one of the co-founders of Aspect Capital.

We sat down in the famous Abbey Road Studios in London to talk about AHL’s beginnings, the revolutionary discoveries that AHL made, how MAN Group became the owner of AHL, as well as all the great things that Michael, David and Marty went on to create.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

How AHL got it’s start
Why Michael’s father was instrumental in the beginning of AHL
What struck David when testing their early algorithms
Why their “empiricist” outlook gave them an early advantage
How technology’s limits pushed their ideas
The breakthroughs of AHL’s early research and how it still applies today
Why being a consultant gave AHL deep insight into trading the markets
The crucial role the early clients had in AHL’s development
The power of finding the right people to work with
Why Michael preferred working with “unformed” employees
How the original deal between MAN and MINT influenced AHL
What the larger financial community initially thought about AHL
How AHL brought in investors in those early days

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