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PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
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JAY COMPSON :
Principal
& Founder, Portfolio Management & Research |
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Mr. Compson is a Principal and Founder of Absolute and is the portfolio manager for the Fund. Mr. Compson is responsible for manager selection and overall portfolio construction, allocation, and monitoring of the Fund's assets.
Prior to founding the firm in 2004, he was a Portfolio Manager and Partner at Abington Capital LP, a Boston-based hedge fund. He managed assets in both long and short equities and derivatives utilizing a concentrated, unlevered and low net exposure philosophy. While there, Mr. Compson was also responsible for all company, industry and macro-economic research for the firm. Prior to Abington Capital, he was at Tucker Anthony Sutro, Inc. where he worked on corporate and strategic planning projects, including M&A and capital allocation for the firm. Previously he was at Lehman Brothers in New York where he analyzed risk-based capital allocation for the firm by evaluating business unit RAROC and correlated exposures to capital markets. Mr. Compson began his career as a mega-yacht underwriter for the Chubb Group with a focus on concentration and catastrophe risk.
Mr. Compson received his BA degree from Franklin & Marshall College in 1992, and his MBA in Finance and Management from New York University's Stern School of Business in 1998. |
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: NATHAN HOUSER :
Analyst |
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Mr. Houser joined Absolute as an analyst in August 2008, and is responsible for manager research and due diligence analytics. He also assists the portfolio manager with the day-to-day management of the Funds, including portfolio monitoring, risk measurement and operations.
Mr. Houser joined Absolute after serving as a Research Analyst for Shetland Investments, a Boston area family office, from 2000 to mid-2008. At Shetland he was responsible for sourcing and evaluating alternative investments as well as assisting with portfolio operations. He was involved in all areas of the investment process including researching new ideas and asset allocation modeling.
Mr. Houser received his AB degree, magna cum laude, from Bowdoin College in 1999. |
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: ANTHONY R. BOSCH :
Principal
& Founder, General Counsel |
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Mr.
Bosch joined Absolute after serving as Vice-President,
Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
at Berger Financial Group LLC in Denver, Colorado
from 1999 to 2003. There he managed all legal, compliance
and regulatory matters of a $15 billion investment
adviser. Tony represented Berger and its subsidiaries
as general counsel with its mutual fund board of
directors, regulatory agencies, and external companies.
Prior to joining Berger, Mr. Bosch was Associate
Corporate Counsel, Assistant Vice-President, and
Assistant Secretary at Federated Investors, Inc.,
from 12/96 to 6/99. There he provided legal counsel
for activities relating to investment companies
and investment advisers. Mr. Bosch spent six years
at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
from 6/90 to 12/96. In the Division of Investment
Management (2/95 to 12/96) he worked in the Office
of Disclosure and Investment Adviser Regulation
as Senior Counsel. From 6/92 to 2/95, he was in
the Division of Market Regulation Office of National
Market System and Over-the-Counter Securities as
Senior Counsel, and from 6/90 to 6/92, he worked
in the Division of Market Regulation Office of Securities
Processing Regulation as Staff Attorney.
Mr. Bosch received his JD from the University of
Toledo College of Law, Toledo, Ohio, magna cum laude,
1990. Tony earned his BA in Chemistry from Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio, 1987; he has his Series
6, 26 and 63 securities registrations. |
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: NEIL KRISTIAN :
Vice
President, Operations |
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Mr. Kristian assists in the day to day operations of the portfolio as well as the daily operations of Absolute Investment Advisers.
Mr. Kristian also manages the sub-adviser and fund administration relationships and is responsible for compliance monitoring and testing.
Mr. Kristian brings 14 years of industry experience to AIA including 7 years as Director of Operations at Abington Capital, a hedge fund which he was employed by from the start up stage. Prior to joining Abington Capital, he worked with Lehman Brothers on the Equity Trading desk and with the Sales Research team. Mr. Kristian also worked with Funds Distributor, Inc as an Institutional Sales Representative where he worked exclusively with the WEBS (now part of iShares) product from its launch. Prior to Funds Distributor, Inc., he worked as a Custody Administrator in Private Asset Management for the Boston Company. Mr. Kristian began his career with Scudder Service Corporation as a Research Associate in Shareholder Services.
Mr. Kristian received his BS Degree from Babson College in 1990. |
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