Eoin Murray is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Risk Officer of Callanish Capital Partners, a London-based quantitative hedge fund. He has over 19 years’ experience in various business leadership and portfolio management positions for quantitative stock selection and asset allocation strategies. Previous roles include the European Head of Quantitative Management for Northern Trust Global Investments (Europe), Director, Investment Strategist with Deutsche Asset Management and lately CIO of Old Mutual Asset Managers (UK).
In this Opalesque.TV interview, Eoin talks about how he and his team coped with the challenges that came with transitioning from the institutional world to setting up a hedge fund start up hedge fund. Callanish is one of the few funds seeded by IMQubator, the seeding platform based by giant Dutch pension fund APG.
In addition, he gives details on his fund's strategy, models and performance, and why the current environment is “tricky” for quant funds.
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Eoin Murray is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Risk Officer of Callanish Capital Partners, a London-based quantitative hedge fund. He has over 19 years’ experience in various business leadership and portfolio management positions for quantitative stock selection and asset allocation strategies. Previous roles include the European Head of Quantitative Management for Northern Trust Global Investments (Europe), Director, Investment Strategist with Deutsche Asset Management and lately CIO of Old Mutual Asset Managers (UK).
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