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February 2024


Titan’s 2024 Outlook by Chris Paolino,  Principal & Co-CIO

The Race is On, 2023 in Review & 2024 Outlook

December 2023


We hope you find the attached piece written by Principal & Portfolio Manager, Chris Paolino, insightful and thought provoking.

2023 Financial Markets… “What Gives?”

January 2023


Titan’s Chief Investment Officer, Stephen Harvey, recently wrote a 2023 Outlook piece, “2023 Outlook: Return to and Returns from Active Management.” In this piece, Stephen provides a summary of 2022 and an overview of what we believe to be the major sources of dispersion and opportunity across all major asset classes in 2023. He later discusses his views on the implications for alpha generation across different hedge fund strategies. Enjoy the piece, found at the link below.

2023 Outlook: Return To and Returns From Active Management

November 2022


DLD Asset Management, LP Expands Offering, in Partnership with Titan Advisors, by Launching New Multi-Manager Platform

DLD Asset Management, LP Expands Offering, in Partnership With Titan Advisors, by Launching New Multi-manager Platform | Business Wire

 

November 2022


Titan’s Head of Portfolio Management, Chris Paolino, recently wrote a white paper called “Higher Interest Rates and the Hedge Fund Opportunity.” As traditional strategies face challenges amidst rising stock and bond correlations, investors are forced to consider alternative forms of diversification in their portfolios. In this paper, Chris discusses how he thinks hedge funds are an attractive option to navigate this new regime, as they stand to benefit from increased asset price volatility, cross asset correlation breakdowns, and elevated global policy dispersion.

 

Higher Interest Rates and the Hedge Fund Opportunity

March 2022


Titan Advisors is pleased to announce the third edition of of “Titan Talks”, a video podcast series hosted by Titan Advisors’ Stephen Harvey, CIO, and Chris Paolino, Director, Portfolio Strategy. Every few months, Titan’s investment team will discuss current market events and outlooks with a new guest.

The third episode of Titan Talks has Stephen Harvey and Chris Paolino interviewing Don Casturo the Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Quantix Commodities.

Mr. Casturo has spent nearly three decades in commodities markets, including heading the commodity index product desk at Goldman Sachs prior to founding Quantix Commodities in 2018. In this 25-minute discussion, Mr. Casturo discusses the commodity market cycle and the supply/demand dynamics that catalyzed the price appreciation that we are experiencing today. He goes into detail about how Quantix constructs its inflation hedging product, the differences between consumable commodities and stores of value, and the signals that backwardated commodity curves can send to investors. This was a particularly timely discussion given the elevated inflationary regime in which we currently find ourselves.

Titan Talks – Episode 3 – Don Casturo, Quantix Commodities

February 2022


Titan Advisors is pleased to announce the second edition of of “Titan Talks”, a video podcast series hosted by Titan Advisors’ Stephen Harvey, CIO, and Chris Paolino, Head of Portfolio Management.

In the second episode of Titan Talks, Paul Sabourin, the Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Polar Asset Management joins us for a 30 minute discussion on numerous topics including the evolution of market structure and investing over the past three decades, the evolution of risk management through market turmoil, and new strategy development. In addition, he touched on the unique culture at Polar and how he aims to differentiate the firm from its competitors in the multi-strategy peer group. Given Polar’s growth and evolution over the last thirty years, Mr. Sabourin brings a wealth of insight to these topics.

Titan Talks – Episode 2 – Paul Sabourin, Polar Asset Management

October 2021


Titan Advisors is pleased to announce the launch of “Titan Talks”, a video podcast series hosted by Titan Advisors’ Stephen Harvey, CIO, and Chris Paolino, Head of Portfolio Management.

In the first episode of Titan Talks, Dan Dreyfus, CIO & Founder of Bornite Capital joins us for a 30 minute discussion on his background, the genesis of Bornite’s strategy, why he thinks we are in the early innings of a major commodity super cycle, and much more. Bornite is a New York based long/short equity hedge fund specializing in cyclical stocks, with a heavy focus on commodity-related equities. Mr. Dreyfus has over 25 years of experience in portfolio management and research across cyclicals and commodity equities.

Titan Talks – Episode 1 – Dan Dreyfus Bornite Capital

June 2020


Titan assumed the management of several of Alternative Investment Group’s Funds

AIG was founded in 1996 by the late David Storrs who was the first Yale University endowment director and later President of The Common Fund, and Stewart Greenfield, who was the co-founder of Oak Investment Partners. The firm has a long history of profitable investing in hedge funds and has been successfully managing funds for the last 24 years. During that time, they built a tremendous brand and served their investors well.

Sam Sussman has joined Titan as part of the AIG transaction as Portfolio Manager. Prior to joining Titan, Sam was a Partner, Portfolio Manager, and Head of Investment Strategy at Alternative Investment Group, which he joined in 2012. At AIG, Sam was responsible for directing the firm’s top-down research, identifying investment opportunities across strategies, industry sectors, and geographies. Previously, Sam was a Partner and Director of Research at Cadogan Management, a global hedge fund investment firm. Before Cadogan, Sam was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns, where he spent nearly 13 years in the firm’s securitized products area. Sam holds a B.A., Magna Cum Laude, from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Sussman commented, “I look forward to working with Titan’s experienced investment team and continuing to deliver for our investors the strong risk-adjusted returns that have always defined our strategy. The investment approach will not change as a result of the transaction and the Funds will continue to be managed to bring our investors the consistent results that we have generated over our history.”

“Alternative Investment Group was founded in 1996 by the late David Storrs who was the first Yale University endowment director and later President of The Common Fund, a then-$25 billion manager-of-managers providing investment programs for educational institutions and Stewart Greenfield who was the co-founder of Oak Investment Partners, one of the most successful U.S. venture capital firms. The firm has a long history of profitable investing in hedge funds and has been successfully running funds for the last 24 years. During that time, they have built a tremendous brand and served their investors well. It is an honor for Titan to be able to work with them and their investors. We expect the integration of the Funds into Titan to be seamless, aided by having similar philosophies and fundamental investment approaches,” said George Fox, Founder and President of Titan Advisors.

Titan Advisors
Established in 2001, Titan Advisors is a hedge fund solutions business, managing portfolios of hedge funds on behalf of institutions and high-net-worth investors. With approximately $4.5 billion in assets under management, and a research team of 18 people across the US, Canada and the UK, Titan is positioned to identify the most talented hedge fund managers globally. Through precise portfolio construction and management, Titan provides value to investors across a variety of business lines: multi investor funds, custom solutions, insurance solutions and specialized vehicles (unique, asymmetric co-investments, hedge fund seeding and other special situation opportunities). www.titanadvisors.com

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