On this episode my very special guests are Ryan Abrams, Portfolio Manager at Wisconsin Alumni Research Association, Ela Karahasanoglu, VP at Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, and Carrie Lo, Director of Hedge Strategies at CalSTRS, for a fun and insightful conversation about how to mitigate the Risk in a Portfolio using Managed Futures.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

How Carrie diligently prepared her new Risk Mitigation Strategies (RMS)
How much CalSTRS will initially allocate to the RMS part for their $200bn+ portolio
How Ryan uses risk mitigation strategies in his organization
How Ela is slowly restructuring her alternative portfolio
The risks of risk parity strategies
Is trend-following really an opportunity cost question?
How Carrie has worked with the CalSTRS board on implementing this strategy
Why Ela has focused more on tail-risk strategies
Carrie’s manager selection process

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