Interview with Jaime Hobbeheydar, Director of Marketing & Product Management
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Thales Fund Management is an investment management firm focused on developing quantitative trading strategies to generate alpha in global equity markets. Thales offers three funds:
Its flagship stat-arb hedge fund, which was launched in 1999
Temujin, a hybrid long/short strategy blending the best of quantitative and fundamental investment approaches, which began trading in 2002
Leros, a 130/30 fund, which was launched in February 2006
Thales was founded by Dr Marek Fludzinski. Dr Fludzinski has a PhD in theoretical physics from Princeton and worked for DE Shaw, Swiss Bank and Hull Trading prior to founding Thales. Thales’ senior investment team has over 13 years’ experience working together. The firm manages approximately US$1 billion in assets and employs approximately 50 people, half of whom are devoted to research.
