Alexander M. Ineichen

ALEXANDER M. INEICHEN, CFA, CAIA, FRM, is founder of Ineichen Research and Management (IR&M), an independent research firm established in 2009 focusing on investment themes related to nowcasting and risk management. He also is a board member of the CAIA Association.

Alexander started his financial career in derivatives brokerage and origination of risk management products at Swiss Bank Corporation in 1988. From 1991 to 2009 he had various research functions within UBS in Zurich and London relating to derivatives, indices, capital flows and alternative investments.

He is the author of two white papers, In Search of Alpha and The Search for Alpha Continues, that were the most often printed research publications in the documented history of UBS. He is author of two books that provide his manifesto for active risk management, Absolute Returns and Asymmetric Returns.