Benn Eifert: Podcast Interviews

Benn Eifert, PhD

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Economist, Business executive

3 Interviews

Benn Eifert's Interviews

Niels Kaastrup-Larsen & Benn Eifert • 05 Jan 2022 • EN

VOL06: Finding True Value in the World of Volatility ft. Benn Eifert

On today’s episode, Hari Krishnan is joined today by Benn Eifert, to discuss running a volatility fund, the benefits that Benn gets from using Twitter, how to effectively serve clients as a volatility trader, the drawbacks of hedging via ETFs, monitoring market flows, the popularity of short-dated options, implied vola

Bilal Hafeez & Benn Eifert • 26 Mar 2021 • EN

Benn Eifert On Retail Options Boom, Over-Complex Derivatives, and Managing Tail Risk

Benn is the managing member and CIO of QVR. He was previously co-founder and co-portfolio manager of Mariner Coria in New York. Before that he was Head of Quantitative Research and Derivatives Trader for the Wells Fargo proprietary trading desk, which became Overland Advisors. He started his career as an emerging marke

Tobias Carlisle & Benn Eifert • 30 Aug 2019 • EN

Volatility Research: Benn Eifert discusses volatility with Tobias Carlisle on The Acquirers Podcast

Benn Eifert co-founded QVR -- Quantitative Volatility Research -- with Tae Hong and Scott Toyama in San Francisco in April 2017. QVR is a boutique SEC-registered investment advisor managing quantitatively-driven, options-and volatility-focused strategies across absolute return, risk premium and hedging needs. Benn's fi