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High-frequency trading firms and quantitative hedge funds once operated in completely different worlds. Now they're competing head-to-head for the same alpha.

Vincent and Saâd explore why ultra-high-frequency strategies hit a hard capacity ceiling, how the passive investing revolution is forcing these firms into direct competition, and what happens when Jane Street and Millennium's pods fish in the same pond. The old manager categories no longer apply, and allocators need to ask completely different questions.

This isn't convergence through imitation. It's convergence through necessity.

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Everyone talks about pods and PMs in multi-manager hedge funds. But what about the Center Book?

In this episode, Vincent and Saâd unpack the quiet infrastructure at the heart of every multi-manager platform — managing firm-wide risk, balancing exposures, and making the difference between a coordinated strategy and a collection of bets. They explore what it is, why it exists, and the critical questions allocators should ask during diligence.

If the pods are the soloists, the Center Book is the conductor — unseen by the audience, but essential to the harmony.

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In this episode of Resonanz Spotlight: Strategy Notes, Vincent and Saâd break down why SRTs and CLOs, often grouped under “structured credit”, are actually two very different games. They explore how banks, regulators, and investors each approach these structures, why incentives diverge, and what allocators must understand before deploying capital. In under ten minutes, this conversation demystifies the mechanics, motivations, and market dynamics that separate synthetic risk transfer from traditional CLO investing.

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In this two-part special of Resonanz Spotlight, Vincent sits down with Chris Miller and Nick Baltas from Goldman Sachs’ Systematic Trading Strategies team to explore how option-based investing has evolved — and where it’s heading next.

In Part 1, Chris Miller, Head of Equity Volatility and Derivatives Products, walks us through the transformation of volatility markets — from the explosion of 0DTE trading to what it really takes to design systematic volatility strategies that work in practice.

In Part 2, Nick Baltas, Head of Cross-Asset Systematic Strategies, takes us a step further, showing how these volatility signals fit into a broader portfolio. We discuss how correlations shift, how weighting schemes evolve, and how systematic portfolios are built to last through different market regimes.

Both episodes go beyond the headlines — it’s an honest, technical, and forward-looking conversation with two of the best minds in the field.

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In this two-part special of Resonanz Spotlight, Vincent sits down with Chris Miller and Nick Baltas from Goldman Sachs’ Systematic Trading Strategies team to explore how option-based investing has evolved — and where it’s heading next.

In Part 1, Chris Miller, Head of Equity Volatility and Derivatives Products, walks us through the transformation of volatility markets — from the explosion of 0DTE trading to what it really takes to design systematic volatility strategies that work in practice.

In Part 2, Nick Baltas, Head of Cross-Asset Systematic Strategies, takes us a step further, showing how these volatility signals fit into a broader portfolio. We discuss how correlations shift, how weighting schemes evolve, and how systematic portfolios are built to last through different market regimes.

Both episodes go beyond the headlines — it’s an honest, technical, and forward-looking conversation with two of the best minds in the field.

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What happens when a climate policy becomes a tradable market? Vincent sits down with Michael Azlen of Carbon Cap to unpack the rise of compliance carbon markets — a space where regulation, scarcity, and innovation meet finance. From the mechanics of cap-and-trade to the investment case behind carbon allowances, this episode reveals how emissions are turning into an entirely new asset class.

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Merger arbitrage has long been seen as a strategy of instinct and judgment — a game for star traders who “just knew” which deals would close. But what happens when you take that gut-driven approach and rebuild it as a systematic process?

In this episode, host Vincent speaks with Martin Brückner, CFA, Co-Founder and CIO of First Private Investment Management. Together they explore how systematic merger arbitrage works, why it challenges the discretionary legacy of risk arb, and how data and algorithms can transform deal investing into a repeatable, scalable strategy.

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Vincent sits down with Benjamin Brodsky, CIO at BlueCove, to explore the rise of scientific credit. They discuss how data, technology, and market expertise are reshaping liquid fixed income—and what it means for investors.