Systematic Strategies has over sixty years of financial markets and securities industry experience among its founders. The principals have established track records as hedge fund managers and financial executives, responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in capital.
PAUL KIM, PhD
Senior Portfolio Manager
Paul Kim is a Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for management of the firm’s equity strategies. Paul was previously an equity portfolio manager at Grey Hill Capital, where he researched and developed low and high frequency strategies for the firm’s quantitative equity portfolio. Paul holds a PhD in theoretical physics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
VALERIAN TOPAYAK, PhD
Senior Portfolio Manager
Val Topayak is responsible for managing the volatility portfolio for the systematic volatility strategy. After graduating with a PhD in theoretical physics from Moscow State University, Val worked for Teleon Capital as a quantitative researcher and subsequently as a portfolio manager where he specialized in volatility arbitrage.
AMY SYMMONS, Head of Investor Relations
Amy graduated with a degree in history of art before moving into investment banking. After working in the private client division at Credit Suisse, Amy joined the prime brokerage unit of Bear Stearns, working in the capital introduction team.
JONATHAN KINLAY, PhD
HEAD OF RESEARCH & TRADING (Retired)
Jonathan Kinlay, the founder of Systematic Strategies, was the Head of Research and Trading at the firm until the end of 2017, when he retired. Dr Kinlay was formerly the General Partner of the Caissa Capital hedge fund, which managed over $400M in derivative assets using volatility arbitrage algorithms developed by Dr. Kinlay’s research firm, Investment Analytics.
Dr. Kinlay went on to establish Proteom Capital, whose trading algorithms were based on machine learning techniques used in DNA sequencing.
Dr. Kinlay, who was the Global Head of Model Review at the US investment bank Bear Stearns, holds a PhD in economics and has served on the faculty of New York University’s Stern School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University and Reading University.