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Mark Baumgartner Luck, Risk and Uncertainty at the Institute for Advanced Study (Capital Allocators, EP.77)

Published: Nov. 26, 2018, 10:30 a.m.

Mark Baumgartner is the CIO of the Institute for Advanced Study, where he oversees a $1 billion portfolio that seeks to achieve just median returns but with significantly less risk.\xa0 Prior to joining IAS, Mark had stints at the Ford Foundation overseeing risk, at Morgan Stanley\u2019s Alternative Investment Partners, at both quantitative and qualitative hedge funds, and as a management consultant.\xa0 Oh, and he studied to be a rocket scientist before that.
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Our conversation covers Mark\u2019s path to IAS and the principles of luck, risk, and uncertainty on that path. We discuss the IAS portfolio, one catered to achieve a low risk profile, and how he has stayed the course when that structure hasn\u2019t been rewarded by markets.\xa0 We talk about identifying managers that fit into his approach and different metrics of defining risk at both the manager and portfolio levels.

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