Otto Van Hemert
Quantitative investing professional
Otto Van Hemert is Director of Core Strategies at Man AHL and a co-author of Strategic Risk Management. He works in systematic investing.
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About Otto Van Hemert
Otto Van Hemert is Director of Core Strategies at Man AHL, the systematic investment arm of Man Group. He sits on its management and investment committees, and he earlier led macro research there. He joined Man AHL in 2015. Before that, he ran a systematic global macro fund at IMC for over three years. Earlier, he was responsible for volatility, credit and fixed income arbitrage strategies at AQR, and he served on the finance faculty at the New York University Stern School of Business, where he published in leading academic finance journals. He earned a Master's and a PhD in Economics at the University of Amsterdam, plus a Master's in Mathematics at the University of Utrecht. Van Hemert wrote Strategic Risk Management with Sandy Rattray and Campbell R. Harvey. The book argues for bringing the investment and risk processes together when designing portfolios. He has also co-authored award-winning papers, including The Best Strategies for the Worst Crises and The Best Strategies for Inflationary Times.