Jacob Schmidt sets up alternative investment strategy research firm

Hedge fund consultant Jacob H Schmidt has set up a new venture focusing on research into alternative investment strategies and risk management.

Schmidt Research Par

Hedge fund consultant Jacob H Schmidt has set up a new venture focusing on research into alternative investment strategies and risk management.

Schmidt Research Partners is a division of SFP-International Limited, a firm of financial consultants, where Schmidt, who is Adjunct Professor of Investments at the American Webster University, is in charge of research.
 
"The new firm Schmidt Research Partners will focus on research in alternative investment strategies and risk management where we have a lot of experience and excellent relationships,” says Schmidt. “I am known for finding early talent and we will continue to specialise in that space."
 
As co-founder and former director of global hedge fund rating & research at Allenbridge Hedgeinfo, Schmidt continues to be associated with the firm.
 
"After having set up and developed Allenbridge Hedgeinfo’s business model and rating methodology I am happy to see that Allenbridge Hedgeinfo has grown into an internationally respected hedge fund rating provider,” he says. “This allows me now to pass on the baton to my colleagues while still being available to the business as a consultant."
 
And Schmidt has plans for the future of his new firm too. "We are planning to expand into seed/venture capital and fund management to complement our activities,” he says of Schmidt Research Partners.

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