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Universa is an investment management firm that specializes in tail hedging as a means to enhance long-term equity returns. Universa portfolios are, by construction, exceedingly positively-skewed, robust to extreme risk assumptions, and non-linear to common risk factors (such as beta). Universa`s economic edge derives ultimately from basic behavioral biases. Universa captures that edge through a focused and disciplined investment approach employing positively-skewed payoffs, empirical and fundamental-based option valuation, and trading/providing liquidity against systematic order flow imbalances and resulting mispricings in options markets. Universa was founded in January 2007 by CIO Mark Spitznagel, with over a decade of implementation and cumulative, incremental development of its focused, positive asymmetric investment approach. Universa has thus created an innovative investment niche and risk management methodology within an increasingly homogeneous industry. Universa is currently registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Mizuho Corporate Bank is a subsidiary of the Japan-based Mizuho Financial Group, a US$2.1 trillion financial services holding company headquartered in Japan. The Mizuho Financial Group companies include two core banking subsidiaries, Mizuho Corporate Bank and Mizuho Bank, as well as securities, trust banking and asset management companies. With offices worldwide, Mizuho Corporate Bank primarily serves large corporations, financial institutions and their group companies, public sector entities and overseas corporations including subsidiaries of Japanese companies. In the U.S., Mizuho Corporate Bank offers an array of sophisticated financial services and products to clients from its offices located in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Houston.
Clinical Financial Services is a Norristown, PA-based company in the Financial Services sector.
Santa Rosa Investment Group is a Santa Rosa, CA-based company in the Financial Services sector.
Flat Iron Capital is a Toronto, ON-based company in the Financial Services sector.