Lars Alexis Jaeger

Dr. Lars A.
Jaeger is a Head of Alternative Risk Premia at GAM Investment Management (Switzerland) AG.
He joined the firm in November 2014 and is primarily responsible for risk premia research and portfolio construction.
Before joining GAM, Mr. Lars Jaeger was the Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Alternative Beta Partners AG.
Before that, he was a Partner of Partners Groups, where he was responsible for the hedge fund business and initiated the alternative beta business.
Before joining Partners Group, he co-founded and partner of said group, a hedge fund asset management firm established by the former alternative investment strategies team at Credit Suisse Asset Management, where he was responsible for risk management.
He is the author of several leading books on hedge funds.
He holds a doctorate in Theoretical Physics from the Max-Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, and a Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Bonn.
Furthermore, he is a CFA charter holder and a Financial Risk Manager (FRM).