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Tim Barrett

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
441 total appearances

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How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

Like our manager lineups are pretty stable.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

The portfolio has been built up for a while.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

It's working.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

There might be one or two managers that come and go each year, but it's not very many.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

We try to think about the portfolio very holistically.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

Each sub-asset class has a focus on consistency.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

There are different managers in there.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

Some are higher vol, some are lower vol.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

There's usually a mix in each asset class.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

And I think then what we try to do is then model that sub-asset class and say, okay, how consistently will this structure work?

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

beat whatever that benchmark is.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

If it's unstable value, it's the Bloomberg global aggregate.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

So if Mike builds a public hedge fund portfolio on credit, how well does that do?

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

And let's compare that also against our hedge fund book that's in that space.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

Where do we see the most consistency and how do we build those together?

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

Should I be putting more in the hedge fund?

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

Should we put more into credit?

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

If in credit, which manager adds the best downside protection and improves the risk adjusted return?

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

That's kind of the Holy grail of how to structure those things together.

How I Invest with David Weisburd
E334: Texas Tech CIO: How We Find Asymmetric Bets

It's very hard to do because managers change over time, right?