Experienced (10+ yrs) quant trader looking to transition in fundamental AM

I'm an experienced quant finance professional looking to transition into fundamental Asset Management. I'm old, but hopefully not too old to pursue my interest. I've had some experience with event driven and value investing through work and a family investment fund. I'm looking for a hedge fund or mutual fund. Structure doesn't matter so much, just want to stay in an alpha generation role.

Also open to endowment fund or family office if there is an opportunity for idea generation along with oversight and analysis of external managers.

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I'm not in the quant space but I'm a senior citizen like you in finance. I won't mince words. You are in a tough spot, but it's not impossible. You resume looks OK.

Looks like you had a good gig before the financial crisis and a less good gig now. Hard to fight the perception of your downward trajectory. But you can provide more details about your fundamental analysis, cash flow modeling and maybe specific stock picks. You can highlight how you can incorporate programming stuff to improve stock selection and monitoring process. Slim down previous experience to make room for expanding more recent work experience.

I'm guessing you have $2 - $3 million saved up. If I'm right, consider starting up your own fund to build up a track record. $1 million at launch will do, just enough for the track record.

 
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PlanetHollywood:

I'm not in the quant space but I'm a senior citizen like you in finance. I won't mince words. You are in a tough spot, but it's not impossible. You resume looks OK.

Looks like you had a good gig before the financial crisis and a less good gig now. Hard to fight the perception of your downward trajectory. But you can provide more details about your fundamental analysis, cash flow modeling and maybe specific stock picks. You can highlight how you can incorporate programming stuff to improve stock selection and monitoring process. Slim down previous experience to make room for expanding more recent work experience.

I'm guessing you have $2 - $3 million saved up. If I'm right, consider starting up your own fund to build up a track record. $1 million at launch will do, just enough for the track record.

Thanks for the advice. I have thought about starting my own fund, but I'd much rather work with a team as part of a bigger fund.

Please tear into this resume. I'm looking for more feedback.

 
bluepenguin:

Obviously you have a bundle of experience, but I learnt close to zero about you. Do you have a life outside of finance? You're winnings on the daily fantasy sports suggests that you do. I'd want to see it.

Awesome, thanks for the advice. Any thoughts on how best to express my "life outside of finance?" Should I include a summary at the top which includes a sentence or two about extracurriculars or just an expanded section at the end about hobbies and volunteer work. I also found an arb in the MA lottery many years ago that produced some money, but that's been documented by people that did it in much bigger size.

 

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