e-Forex Magazine | Tradertalk | QFS Asset Management - taking a unique view on the business of managing money
Tradertalk : QFS Asset Management - taking a unique view on the business of managing money
First Published in e-Forex Magazine July 2012
e-Forex talks with two new members of QFS Asset Management, Karlheinz Muhr, CEO and Jim Conklin, Ph.D., Head of Research. QFS is a leading asset and risk management firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.
How long have you been in the asset management business and what attracted you to the industry?
Karlheinz: I have been in the investment business for over 25 years. I joined QFS last year, and became the CEO as a result of the acquisition of Cenario Capital Management. I was the Chairman and co-founder of Cenario after leaving Credit Suisse in 2009. Cenario provided investors with volatility risk advisory and management services. Additionally, we developed a proprietary Risk Index (the CRIX) - a leading indicator of heightened risk aversion and market turbulence - which is still available on Bloomberg Terminal. I was fortunate to have been one of the people in the industry to have pioneered the concept of volatility as an asset class. In 1999, I formed Volaris with my partners, which was sold to Credit Suisse in 2003. I stayed at Credit Suisse and served as a Managing Director of Credit Suisse in the Asset Management Division and was head of Credit Suisse Volaris. I was also a member of both the Chairman's Board and the Management Council of Credit Suisse.
