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Dr. Berd, Arthur M.
Arthur is the Head of OTC Strategies at Capital
Fund Management International, Inc. (CFM),
New York, a leading hedge fund specializing in
systematic investment management. He is a
well known industry expert in quantitative
investment strategies and risk management.
Prior to joining CFM, Arthur was a Partner and
Head of Quantitative Market Strategies at
BlueMountain Capital Management, a leading
credit hedge fund in New York. Prior to that, he was a Senior Vice President
at Lehman Brothers where he was responsible for a variety of quantitative
credit models and strategies across corporate bonds and credit
derivatives, and was instrumental in portfolio and risk advisory activities for
the Firm’s largest clients. Before joining Lehman Brothers in 2001, he was
a Vice President at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, focusing on fixed
income risk management and quantitative portfolio analysis for cash and
CDO products.
Arthur is an author of more than 30 publications in refereed journals and
industry publications, and a frequent invited speaker at major industry
conferences. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of
Credit Risk and the Journal of Financial Forecasting, and the advisory
board for quantitative finance in www.arXiv.org, a global electronic research
repository.
Arthur holds a PhD in physics from Stanford University. He is a charter
member of the CFA Institute and the New York Society of Securities
Analysts.