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Alpha Exchange

Dean Curnutt

The Alpha Exchange is a podcast series launched by Dean Curnutt to explore topics in financial markets, risk management and capital allocation in the alternatives industry. Our in depth discussions with highly established industry professionals seek to uncover the nuanced and complex interactions between economic,…

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Alpha Exchange

Amanda Lynam, Chief Credit Strategist in Global Investment Research, Goldman Sachs

Kimberly Gallant, Global Head of QIS Structuring, CIBC

The Case for Tail Hedging

Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi, Chief Investment Officer Americas and Head of Global Equities, Wealth Management, UBS

Tobias Adrian, Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF

Jon Havice, Founder and CIO, DGV Solutions

The Market Disregards Correlation

Alec Litowitz, Founder of Magnetar Capital and Qstar Capital

Franklin Parlamis, Founder & CIO, Aequim Alternative Investments

David Silber, Head of Institutional Equity Derivatives, Citadel Securities

The Three Types of Risk-Off

Aaron Brown, Wall Street Quant and Author: Wrong Number

David Dredge, Founder and CIO, Convex Strategies

Samir Patel, Global Head of Global Market Sales, Nomura Securities

Colin Lancaster, Global Co-Head of Discretionary Macro and Fixed Income at Schonfeld Strategic Advisors

Ronnie Wexler, Global Head of Equities Distribution, Barclays

Robert Flatley, Founder & CEO TS Imagine

Hari Krishnan, Head of Volatility Strategies at SCT Capital Management

Robert Kaplan, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, and former President of the Dallas Fed

Wayne Dahl, Co-Portfolio Manager, Oaktree Capital Management

Alpha Exchange 250th Episode: A Retrospective

The Shock Heard ‘Round the World: US Government Bonds

Kris Abdelmessih, Co-Founder, Moontower.ai

Zach Buchwald, Chairman and CEO, Russell Investments

Alberto Gallo, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Andromeda Capital Management

Michael Contopoulos, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Richard Bernstein Advisors

Louis Vincent Gave, Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer, Gavekal Research

Libby Cantrill, Head of Public Policy, PIMCO

GME 5 Years Later…Lessons and Threats

Alex Urdea, Founder and CIO, Deep Ocean Partners

Andrew Lapthorne, Global Head of Quantitative Research, Societe Generale

Closing Thoughts on 2025

Ian Harnett, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Strategist, Absolute Strategy Research

Kumaran Vijayakumar, Co-Founder and CEO, DataDock Solutions

Mark Rosenberg, Founder and Co-Head, Geoquant

Todd Rapp, CEO, Fortress Multi-Manager Group

Jessica Stauth, CIO, Systematic Equity, Fidelity Investments

Price is the Only Fundamental

Megan Miller, Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of Options Solutions, Allspring Global Investments

Jordi Visser, CEO of Visser Labs and Head of AI Macro Research at 22V

Alex Kazan, Partner and Geopolitical Co-Lead, Brunswick Group

Is US Stock Market Wealth a Reflexive Risk?

Ben Hoff, Global Head of Commodity Strategy Société Générale

Low Correlation is the Defining Risk in Markets

David Puritz, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Shaolin Capital Management

RoR: Reflections on Risk

Ken Rogoff, Professor of Economics, Harvard and Former Chief Economist, IMF

Kris Kumar, Founder and CIO, Goose Hollow Capital

Rainy Day Insurance Amidst the Sunshine

Ben Hunt, Co-Founder, CIO and President, Perscient

Distributions have Consequences

Benn Eifert, Founder and CIO, QVR Advisors

John Marshall, Head of Derivatives Research, Goldman Sachs

Sayings on Vol and Risk...A Fresh 10

Dan Villalon, Global Co-Head of Portfolio Solutions, AQR Capital Management

Mitchell Garfin, Co-Head of Leveraged Finance, BlackRock

Sayings on Vol and Risk...A Fresh Five

Benjamin Bowler, Managing Director and Global Head of Equity Derivatives Research at Bank of America

Corey Hoffstein, CIO, Newfound Research

The VIXgilantes Strike Back

Matt King, Founder, Satori Insights

Steve Englander, Head of G10 FX and North America Macro Strategy, Standard Chartered

The Vol Shock Heard 'Round the World

Campbel Harvey, Professor of Finance, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

GeoVolitics and Gold

Owen Lamont, Senior Vice President, Acadian Asset Management

Roxton McNeal, QIS Lead Portfolio Manager, Simplify Asset Management

GeoVolitics, Implied Correlation and Option Pricing

Is There a Plumbing Problem in Equity Correlation?

Eric Balchunas, Senior ETF Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence

Anniversary Episode: Reflections on the Podcast

Digital Gold and Actual Gold

IBIT…the Hottest Option on the Planet

Ali Samadi, Managing Director, Equity Derivatives, Nomura Securities

Michael Green, CFA, Portfolio Manager, Chief Strategist, Simplify Asset Management

Bitcoin, Price / Vol Spirals and MSTR

Victor Haghani, Founder and CIO, Elm Partners

20 Things to Do Before You Ask for a Price (Part 4)

Rocky Fishman, Founder and CEO, Asym 500 LLC