Dexa/Masters in Business

Published Jan 10, 2025

From AQR Quant to Founder & CIO with Brian Hurst

Brian Hurst, Founder and CIO of ClearAlpha, delves into the transformative shifts in hedge funds with a focus on multi-manager strategies, novel risk management techniques, and innovative niche alpha generation, while sharing lessons on personal and organizational growth through idea meritocracy and learning from failures.

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- What are the complexities of investing?
  Asked by 4 people
- What is the strategy of fund managers?
  Asked by 3 people
- What are different investing strategies?
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- How did the fund scale?
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- How have costs decreased over time?
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- What are some diversification and risk management strategies in a dynamic financial market, as discussed in the episode Economic Cycles, Investing in Education, and Working Through Grief — with Ray Dalio and the clip Cash is Trash?
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- What are some advanced investment strategies?
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- What does a hedge fund do?
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- Why do fees matter in investing as discussed in the episode 370 | Timeline Your Goals | Stacked with Joe Saul-Sehy and the clip Pension Alternatives?
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- What are the risks of hedge funds?
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- Why do fees matter in investing?
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- Why should fund sizes be reduced?
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- What does Alex think about AI?
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- What limits trading strategies?
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- Why does he invest in fewer companies?
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