Will Britton Harris IV Go Down In History As A Beta Targeting Fee Legend?

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Mark Melin
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Britton Harris IV, former chief investment officer at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, is a man viewed from two sharply divided standpoints. He is both an innovator in an industry in desperate need of innovation and the leader of a revolution that will displace secure revenue streams for many hedge funds. One framing generates praise, the other doesn’t win popularity contests. [dalio] Teacher Retirement System of Texas, TRS, doesn’t like overpaying for beta The Austin, TX-based TRS is like Austin itself, weird – and that’s a good thing for its pensioners who want to achieve alpha without overpaying for…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

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