The Variant Alternative Income Fund (the “Fund”) returned +2.25% (institutional share class NICHX) in the fourth quarter of 2020, during a period in which risk assets performed well. Over the...
The Variant Alternative Income Fund (the “Fund”) returned +1.41% (institutional share class NICHX) in the third quarter of 2020, during a period in which risk assets generally performed well. Over...
The Variant Alternative Income Fund (the “Fund”) returned +0.95% (institutional share class NICHX) in the second quarter of 2020, during a mostly risk-on recovery across financial markets. Over the quarter,...
The Fund (NICHX) returned +1.15% in the first quarter of 2020 amid the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic and resulting market volatility. With the economic outlook swiftly deteriorating, the Fund underperformed investment...
The Fund (NICHX) returned +2.67% in the fourth quarter of 2019, outperforming investment grade bonds and performing in line with high yield corporate debt and hedge fund indices. For the...
Q319 Commentary The Fund (NICHX) returned +2.97% in the third quarter of 2019, outperforming investment grade bonds, high yield corporate debt and hedge fund indices. Over the trailing year ending September...
Q219 Commentary The Fund (NICHX) returned +2.97% in the second quarter of 2019, outperforming high yield corporate debt and hedge fund indices but underperforming investment grade bonds by a small margin. ...
The Fund (NICHX) returned +3.07% in the first quarter of 2019, outperforming investment grade bond and hedge fund indices, but underperforming high yield corporate debt. Over the trailing year, the Fund was up...
The Fund (NICHX) returned +2.27% in the fourth quarter of 2018, outperforming investment grade bond, high yield and hedge fund indices. For the full year 2018, the Fund was up...
The Fund returned +1.76% in the third quarter of 2018, bringing year-to-date performance up to +4.88%. This performance compares favorably to fixed income and hedge fund indices over the same...
Curt Fintel is a principal and co-founder of Variant with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Prior to founding Variant, Curt was the Chief Investment Strategist at CTC | myCFO. Before joining the organization in 1996 , Curt worked as a computer consultant for Iowa State University’s College of Business. Curt is a member of the CFA Society of Portland, and has been a CFA charterholder since 1999. He received a BS and MS in Economics from Iowa State University and constructed his graduate thesis on the empirical analysis of alternative option valuations.
J.B. Hayes is a principal and co-founder of Variant with over 16 years of experience in the industry. Prior to founding Variant, J.B. was the Director of Private Markets at CTC | myCFO. Before joining the organization in 2001, J.B. was with the Private Client Group at Merrill Lynch. J.B. is a member of the CFA Society of Portland, and has been a CFA charterholder since 2004. He received a BS in Business with a focus on finance from the University of Oregon.
Bob Elsasser is a principal and co-founder of Variant with over 26 years of experience in the industry. Prior to founding Variant, Bob was the Director of Fixed Income Research at CTC | myCFO. Before joining the organization in 2006, Bob was the Senior Vice President of Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Bob received his BA in Finance from the University of Washington and his MBA in Finance from New York University.
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