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Jason Buck is an entrepreneur and trader specializing in volatility, options hedging, and portfolio construction. After living through 2008 as a commercial real estate developer, Jason became focused on how investors could better manage their risk. He spent the following decade consulting on portfolio construction and building bespoke long volatility strategies for family offices and high net worth individuals. This experience in cross asset class trading spotlighted the need to create a diversified long volatility and tail risk fund designed to hedge the risks associated with economic downturns. A former D1 soccer player and IMG academy graduate, Jason currently resides in Napa Valley, California.

Ben joined Nicola Wealth in September 2012 with extensive experience working for several multi-billion dollar investment management firms focusing on global equity, GTAA and market neutral funds. Most recently, he was on the institutional portfolio management team of a Vancouver-based firm, and was responsible for quantitative strategies and optimization of portfolios. Ben holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of British Columbia, as well as the CAIA, CIM and DMS designations. He is an active member of the Vancouver chapter of the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association, and sits on the events committee.

Alexander Mende is Senior Investment Analyst at RPM Risk & Portfolio Management AB. RPM is an investment manager providing customized multi-manager solutions in Managed Futures strategies based on managed account platforms. RPM has been active in the Managed Futures space since 1993 serving clients primarily in Asia and Central Europe and is located in Stockholm, Sweden. Alexander attained his doctorate (PhD) in economics at the University of Hanover, Germany, before joining RPM back in 2005. His research interests include the areas of foreign exchange trading, international finance, portfolio management, and alternative investments.

Lindsay joined the research team at Rotella Capital Management as a Quantitative Research Analyst in 2017. At Rotella her research activities have focused on volatility, dependency metrics and non-Gaussian price simulations. Her efforts have complemented the development of Rotella’s volatility strategies and have been additive to the firm’s move into machine learning and ESG. Prior to her work at Rotella, Lindsay completed a Masters in Mathematics at Western Washington University, where she specialized in representation theory and abstract algebra.