| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Gene Linetsky |
Chief Technology Officer | Profile |
Gene Linetsky |
Chief Technology Officer | Profile |
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.
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John Joe Terril, founder of Terril and Company. As you view it, know that Terril founded the company in 1979 as an independent, fee-based concern, meaning all of its revenues are derived from client fees. Terril and Company does not charge or accept commissions tied to the sale or purchase of securities. Investment commitments are made solely on their potential for total return to the client. The mutuality of economic interest eliminates any potential conflict of interest between Terril and Company and its clients. It also explains why referrals from current clients, which include individuals, trusts and private/corporate retirement plans, are its #1 source of new business.