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ABR Dynamic Funds builds for scale

Friday, April 28, 2017

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:

If you travel to New York to meet with alternative investment managers, most of the time you'll visit lofty buildings in Midtown Manhattan, far away from the trading floors that once defined Wall Street's physical presence. That's not the case with New York-based ABR Dynamic Funds, however, which has offices a few steps away from the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) building. The firm is steeped in the personal histories of its founding investment team Taylor Lukof and David Skordal, who both got their start in finance working on the trading floor at the AMEX. Lukof began his career at TANSTAAFL Research and Trading as the youngest member of the AMEX at that time. Eventually, he moved over to Toro Trading's booth, where he met Skordal. The two men have been working together ever since and they still prefer the winding, narrow streets of lower Manhattan.

ABR is a quantitative firm which blends a long-only equities strategy with VIX futures. The resulting flagship fund is designed to participate in equities rallies but also generate crisis alpha in the event of a significant drawdown through its VIX futures position.

Rather than launch as a quantitative hedge fund, the ABR Dynamic Blend Equity and Volatility Fund is offered in the UCITS wrapper and has daily liquidity and no performance fee. "We decided to go with the UCITS structure because we do think that's where a lot of managers and strategies are heading," L......................

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