Alternative Alpha Research

Larry is a 25 year trading, fund management and risk management veteran. In addition to his position as founding partner with Alternative Alpha Research, Larry runs volatility arbitrage managed accounts. Prior to this he was Chief Investment Officer at Nedgroup Investment with responsibility for chairing the Investment Committee which managed nine products covering the full range of long-only and hedge fund investments totalling $750m. Larry was responsible for introducing a sophisticated institutional risk framework to Nedgroup, and spearheading the product development and launches of two funds designed for the institutional market., both of which significantly outperformed across the financial crisis. Prior to Nedgroup, Larry was a Senior Investment Manager with Attica Alternative investments, Prior to this Larry was Executive Vice President and Head of Emerging Markets for United Financial of Japan International where he set up a proprietary trading desk for managing emerging markets and volatility arbitrage portfolios. Larry holds an Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, a Masters in Economics, and holds the CAIA qualification.

Peter has deep knowledge and experience of the fund management universe developed across a 26 year career spanning both the buy- and sell-side. Between 2006 and 2009 Peter was Head of Institutional Business at Nedgroup Investments, between 1999 and 2006 he was Head of Discretionary Investments at Coutts & Co. Head of Investment and Research at Danske Bank. Peter is a former board member of the Danish Society of Financial Analysts and a Danish representative on the European Bond Commission and OECD’s Financial Committee. Peter holds a Masters in Economics from Copenhagen Business School.

Ben has 10 year experience within Investment Banking and Fund Management. Most recently Ben was a member of the Investment Committee, Portfolio Manager and Senior Investment Analyst responsible for the management of one of Nedgroup’s institutional fund-of-funds focussing on niche uncorrelated low volatility hedge fund strategies. Ben designed Nedgroup’s operational risk procedure. Prior to that Ben was a Hedge Fund Analyst with HSBC Investment Bank, having previously worked with the credit derivatives and structured credit trading desks. Ben started his career with Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, and holds an LLB Law from Exeter University as well as being a part qualified accountant.