149: Aaron Brown, Pt. 1 – A Lesson in Risk Taking—with the Former Risk Manager of a $200B Fund

Chat With Traders

Tessa Dao

Education, Business, Investing

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Aaron Brown is highly regarded as an authority on the subject of risk management. Although he originally started out as a poker player and sports bettor (then a trader and portfolio manager), for the past 30-years Aaron’s been a dedicated risk manager. And for the past 10-years, he was the risk manager for quant fund, AQR. Aaron has also authored several books (ranging in topics from poker to finance and risk), contributes to Bloomberg View and writes a column for Wilmott Magazine. On this episode, part one, we talk about: Aaron's early days playing poker, unconscious influences on decision making, the goals and objectives of a risk manager, how Aaron managed the quant equity crisis of August 2007, and much more too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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