Alissa Douglas is Director, Hedge Funds and Public Markets for C.M. Capital Corporation, a multi-family investment manager based in Palo Alto, California. Alissa's responsibilities include investment strategy and manager selection for all public asset classes including public equity, absolute return/hedge funds and fixed income.
In this Opalesque Backstage interview, Alissa talks with Opalesque Founder Matthias Knab about the
six criteria her family office uses to select hedge funds.
Should all hedge fund managers now try to "manage the macro"? And if so, how?
In addition, Alissa shares her views and concerns about hedge fund managers that in the current times of uncertainty have now also set out to try to “manage the macro”. How should a hedge fund manager, that is not a global macro manager, go about this? How does an investor think about this trend?
As the mega funds get bigger, some family offices opt to rejuvenate the gene pool
You will also hear what a family office investor thinks about the current trend of hedge funds becoming mega hedge funds, the types of hedge funds CMC is interested in and why Alissa is excited about current opportunities with smaller managers.
Prior to joining C.M. Capital, Alissa was an equity analyst and partner at Arbor Partners, an equity long/short hedge fund. Earlier in her career, Alissa worked at Bear Stearns in fixed income, primarily structuring new debt issues. She has a BS from Columbia University and an MBA from Stanford University.
C.M. Capital Corporation is a member of the Cha Group of companies and was originally the Cha family's single family office. The Cha Group is based in Hong Kong and was founded in 1949 as China Dyeing Works, a textile manufacturer, by Cha Chi Ming, an innovative entrepreneur.
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Alissa Douglas is Director, Hedge Funds and Public Markets for C.M. Capital Corporation, a multi-family investment manager based in Palo Alto, California. Alissa's responsibilities include investment strategy and manager selection for all public asset classes including public equity, absolute return/hedge funds and fixed income.
In this Opalesque Backstage interview, Alissa talks with Opalesque Founder Matthias Knab about the
six criteria her family office uses to select hedge funds.
Should all hedge fund managers ...more