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Aug 27, 2018
The investment objective of the Fund is to provide investors with returns from potential gains from its long and short positions. The Fund seeks capital appreciation by investing on a long basis in attractively valued, high quality and low beta assets and on a short basis in expensive, low quality, and high beta assets, while following the approach. The Fund aims at targeting an average beta exposure of between 0.4 and 0.6 to a composite global equity market index, as defined for each Class of Shares in the table “Summary of Shares, Fees and Expenses” set out below (the “Benchmark”). There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
Name | Title | Since | Until |
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John M. Liew | Head | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Dr. Liew is a Founder and the head of the Global Asset Allocation team at of AQR, overseeing the research, portfolio management and trading associated with that strategy. Prior to AQR, he worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. as a portfolio manager in the Asset Management Division where he developed and managed quantitative trading strategies. Dr. Liew began his career at Trout Trading, developing quantitative market-neutral stock-selection strategies. Dr Liew has published articles in The Journal of Portfolio Management and Financial Analysts Journal, and has received the Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy award and the Graham and Dodd award for his articles. Dr. Liew is a member of the University of Chicago’s Board of Trustees and sits on the university’s investment committee. Dr Liew earned a B.A. in economics, an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. in finance from Chicago. | ||
Ronen Israel | Principal | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Ronen Israel, M.A., is a Principal of AQR Capital Management. Mr. Israel joined AQR Capital Management in 1999, is the Co-Head of Portfolio Management, Research, Risk and Trading and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Prior to joining AQR, Ronen was a Senior Analyst at Quantitative Financial Strategies, Inc., a quantitative investment management firm, specializing in currencies and global macro strategies, with $2.5 billion under management. Before that, he worked as a management consultant, specializing in building out financial systems for financial services firms. Ronen received an MA in Mathematics, specializing in mathematical finance, from Columbia University, a BS in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BAS in Biomedical Science from the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. | ||
Lars N. Nielsen | Principal | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Nielsen is a Principal of AQR Capital Management. Mr. Nielsen joined AQR in 2000 and currently serves as the co-head of portfolio management, research, risk and trading. He earned a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in economics from the University of Copenhagen. Prior to joining the Adviser in 2000, he was an Analyst in the Quantitative Research Group of Danske Invest. | ||
Jacques A. Friedman | Portfolio Manager | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Jacques is the head of AQR’s Global Stock Selection team and is involved in all aspects of research, portfolio management and strategy development for the firm’s equity products and strategies. Prior to AQR, he developed quantitative stock-selection strategies for the Asset Management Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Jacques earned a B.S. in applied mathematics from Brown University and an M.S. in applied mathematics from the University of Washington. Before joining Goldman, he was pursuing a Ph.D. in applied mathematics at Washington. | ||
Andrea Frazzini | Principal | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Andrea Frazzini is a Principal at AQR Capital Management, where he is the Head of our Global Stock Selection team. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He has published in top academic journals and won several awards for his research, including the Smith Breeden Award, the Fama-DFA Prize, the BGI Michael Brennan Award, several Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Awards and the PanAgora Crowell Memorial Prize. Prior to joining AQR, Andrea was an associate professor of finance at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He also served as a consultant for DKR Capital Partners and J.P. Morgan Securities and was on the board of directors of the Center for Research in Security Prices at the University of Chicago. He earned a B.S. in economics from the University of Roma Tre, an M.S. in economics from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University. | ||
Michael Katz | Vice President | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Michael Katz, Ph.D., A.M., is a Principal of the Adviser. Dr. Katz joined the Adviser in 2007 and is Head of the Portfolio Implementation and Implementation Research team where he oversees the implementation of the Adviser’s products and models and enhancement of the implementation process. He earned a B.A. in economics and a B.A. in Middle East history, both with honors, at Tel Aviv University, and a M.A. and a Ph.D., both in economics, from Harvard University. | ||
Michele L. Aghassi | Principal | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Michele Aghassi is a Principal at AQR Capital Management, where she serves as a portfolio manager for the firm's equity strategies. Throughout her tenure at AQR, she has been a leader in research and strategy development, contributing to the advancement of the stock selection investment process. She played a key role in launching the firm’s emerging equities strategy in 2008 and developed the proprietary robust optimization technology that AQR uses to build portfolios. In addition to her responsibilities at AQR, she serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Journal of Portfolio Management. Earlier in her career, Michele worked as a quantitative analyst in the proprietary equities department of D.E. Shaw & Co. Michele graduated magna cum laude from Brown University with a B.Sc. in applied mathematics and subsequently earned a Ph.D. in operations research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and an MIT Presidential Graduate Fellow. | ||
Clifford S. Asness | CEO | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Dr. Asness is a Founder, Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer at AQR Capital Management. He is an research notable for its relevance and enduring value to investment professionals. Prior to co-founding AQR Capital Management, he was a Managing Director and Director of Quantitative Research for the Asset Management Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Dr. Asness is on the editorial board of The Journal of Portfolio Management, the governing board of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Finance at NYU, the Board of Directors of the Q-Group. |
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