ABOUT US

Bolstered by the financial industry leadership of the O’Brien family, the O’Brien Investment Group is comprised of dedicated and experienced financial professionals, academic leaders, and quantitative analysts who hail from top-tier institutions and universities. The growing OBIG team utilizes their unique financial and risk management skills to further enhance the models and technology that drive portfolio strategies.

The expertise of OBIG’s team spans several asset classes and international markets, so we can offer our clients unparalleled support from leading professionals in addition to a selection of non-correlated investment solutions from OBIG.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

Michael Johannes, Ph.D.

Quantitative Global Macro Futures Program

Since 2017, served as the Portfolio Manager for the Quantitative Global Macros Futures Program
Since 2012, served as Director of Research of OBIG and affiliated companies
Concurrently serving as Professor of Finance & Economics at Columbia University since 2000
Ph.D., M.A. Dept. of Economics from University of Chicago
Focus: Finance, Predictive and Statistical Modeling
Visiting Academic Appointments: Northwestern University, Stanford University and Princeton University

Video: Michael Johannes Profile from AlphaMaven

INFRASTRUCTURE

Having identified the best service providers to help bolster our offerings, including fund administrators, legal counsel, and auditors, OBIG’s enhanced infrastructure helps eliminate key man risks and provides reliable business continuity across all facets of O’Brien Investment Group operations. The O’Brien Investment Group has built a robust team with significant experience in research, programming, trading, operations and management. As part of a growing and scalable infrastructure OBIG’s in-house research team is comprised of financial and quantitative analysts from top-tier institutions who continuously monitor and optimize internally-developed strategies. With a proven approach rooted in research, stability and performance, we confidently invest in our own infrastructure; Each of OBIG’s strategies are backed by the firm’s own capital.