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Universa is an investment management firm that specializes in tail hedging as a means to enhance long-term equity returns. Universa portfolios are, by construction, exceedingly positively-skewed, robust to extreme risk assumptions, and non-linear to common risk factors (such as beta). Universa`s economic edge derives ultimately from basic behavioral biases. Universa captures that edge through a focused and disciplined investment approach employing positively-skewed payoffs, empirical and fundamental-based option valuation, and trading/providing liquidity against systematic order flow imbalances and resulting mispricings in options markets. Universa was founded in January 2007 by CIO Mark Spitznagel, with over a decade of implementation and cumulative, incremental development of its focused, positive asymmetric investment approach. Universa has thus created an innovative investment niche and risk management methodology within an increasingly homogeneous industry. Universa is currently registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Concept Equity Group is a Deerfield, IL-based company in the Financial Services sector.
Hope International is a Boise, ID-based company in the Financial Services sector.
Prospect Partners is a Chicago, IL-based company in the Financial Services sector.
Affiliated Managers Group is a global asset management company with investments in leading boutique investment management firms. For 20 years, we have generated superior growth by partnering with the highest quality boutique investment management firms, using direct equity ownership in a framework that closely aligns our interests with those of our Affiliate partners. While providing our Affiliates with continued operational autonomy, we also help them to leverage the benefits of AMG’s scale in U.S. retail and global product distribution, operations and technology to enhance their growth and capabilities. AMG made its first Affiliate investment in 1994, and today manages approximately $594 billion in assets, pro forma for pending investments, across a wide array of investment styles, asset classes and geographies to institutional and retail clients around the world.