Event Profile

CAIA Australia Education Lunch with Scott Metchick, Managing Director, AQR – Sydney - Tuesday, 16th July, 2019

Date(s):
July 16, 2019
Note:
All times listed are in local time
Venue:
Fidante Partners
2/5 Martin Pl
Sydney, NSW 2000 
Fee(s):
Free Event
Description:
Fact(or) Fiction: Is Quant Crowded?
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
 
It's our pleasure to be able to invite Scott Metchick, Managing Director at AQR to discuss the latest trends in quant investment strategies.
 
Please join Scott to discuss current themes including:
 
  • Is quant crowded?
  • What are the foundational factor strategies? Are they real?
  • Are foundational factor strategies expensive?
  • Should we time factors based on their valuations?
Opening Remarks: CAIA Australia Chapter Executive
 
Speaker: Scott Metchick, Managing Director, AQR
 
Programme:
12:30pm -
Registration and networking
12:40pm - Opening remarks
12:45pm - Presentation by Scott Metchick
1:30pm - Q&A and closing remarks
2:00pm - Event conclusion
 
A light lunch will be provided by the CAIA Association.

This event is complimentary. As there is a limited capacity for the event we ask that you please register as early as possible to reserve your spot.
If you are not able to attend in person but would like to listen in - please feel free to join us via the following dial in details:

Dial In details
Audio only

Toll Free Number: + 61 1800 183 635
Local Access Number: 02 8114 0300
Participant Pin: 73020160 #
 

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Organization: AQR Capital Management, LLC


Scott is a Portfolio Manager on AQR's Global Alternative Premia team. He has more than three decades of experience in alternative investments, having held senior positions at three fund-of-hedge-funds firms. Prior to AQR, he managed S.R. Metchick Associates, a hedge-fund consulting firm. Before that, Scott was chief investment officer at Tremont Capital Management, Twin Lights Capital and the EIM Group. Earlier, he analyzed alternative-investment funds for Evaluation Associates Capital Markets (now EACM Advisors). He began his career at Chase Manhattan Bank. Scott earned a B.S. in finance from Lehigh University.