The Long and The Short of It Podcast, Episode 4:Lessons from the Risk Guy

Marc sits down with Kevin Becker, CEO and founder of the Kiski Group, to cover the nuts and bolts of risk management for long/short investors. The discussion offers constructive insights on the importance of effectively communicating your story to risk managers, deploying your analyst skills to becoming a risk taker, and “fun with math” around understanding factors and other key portfolio attributes. We learn that it’s okay for firms to evolve as they grow, provided the package of returns delivered aligns with your investor’s expectations. Outperforming for the “wrong reasons” can be worse than underperforming for the “right ones”. And of course, a push for the importance of short alpha and why it’s worth the risk.