This week we spoke with Glen Burella, PhD, Vice President, Business Development at Abbey Capital (US). Glen previously worked on the investment research side of Abbey Capital having a background in quantum computing and a theoretical physics PHD.

Our conversation with Glen covered the following themes:

• The incredible combination of stocks and trend following
• Glen’s attraction to science and math
• A glimpse inside a PhD in quantum physics
• First days at a new quant firm
• Behind the scenes at Abbey Capital’s research division
• Launching new products and taking business risk
• Abbey Capital’s focus on multi-manager portfolios
• Why multi-manager instead of single ensemble?
• Dealing with performance fees in a multi-manager portfolio
• Segregated accounts vs trade netting
• Selecting managers and assembling portfolios
• The role of CTAs in institutional mandates
• How CTAs are an optimal solution for the coming inflation volatility regime

Thank you for watching and listening. See you next week.

This is “ReSolve’s Riffs” – live on YouTube every Friday afternoon to debate the most relevant investment topics of the day, hosted by Adam Butler, Mike Philbrick and Rodrigo Gordillo of ReSolve Global* and Richard Laterman of ReSolve Asset Management.

*ReSolve Global refers to ReSolve Asset Management SEZC (Cayman) which is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a commodity trading advisor and commodity pool operator. This registration is administered through the National Futures Association (“NFA”). Further, ReSolve Global is a registered person with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority.