Axioma Hires George Patterson to Head Newly-Formed Corporate Strategy Team

Axioma, a provider of risk solutions for Buy-Side Buy-Side The buy-side is comprised of firms in the financial industry that purchase securities and are accompanied by account investment managers, pension funds, and hedge funds.The buy-side is composed of those that buy and invest large sums of securities with the intention of generating a lucrative return or have their funds managed. The Buy-Side ExplainedIn terms of Wall Street, the buy-side includes investment institutions that purchase securities, stocks, or other financial instruments with the aim The buy-side is comprised of firms in the financial industry that purchase securities and are accompanied by account investment managers, pension funds, and hedge funds.The buy-side is composed of those that buy and invest large sums of securities with the intention of generating a lucrative return or have their funds managed. The Buy-Side ExplainedIn terms of Wall Street, the buy-side includes investment institutions that purchase securities, stocks, or other financial instruments with the aim Read this Term institutions, has appointed George N. Patterson as the vendor's managing director of corporate strategy. Mr Patterson, an industry veteran, joins the group’s newly formed Corporate Strategy team with immediate effect, per a company statement.

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George brings over 25 years of investment experience to the portfolio management solutions provider. Prior to joining Axioma, he served as CIO Multi-Asset Multi-Asset Composed of varying asset classes, multi-asset is a blanket designation combining different classes such bonds, equities, cash equivalents, fixed income, and alternative investments.When compared to traditional balanced funds, multi-asset solutions differ because they target specific investment outcomes. This includes outcomes such as return above inflation as opposed to gauging performance against standardized benchmarks.Given the composition of multi-asset classes, they need to be dynamically Composed of varying asset classes, multi-asset is a blanket designation combining different classes such bonds, equities, cash equivalents, fixed income, and alternative investments.When compared to traditional balanced funds, multi-asset solutions differ because they target specific investment outcomes. This includes outcomes such as return above inflation as opposed to gauging performance against standardized benchmarks.Given the composition of multi-asset classes, they need to be dynamically Read this Term Investments at BOM Global Asset Management since 2015, where he led a $50 billion-plus asset allocation platform. His operational experience spanned across asset allocation funds, FX overlays, retail fund of funds and ETF-based multi-asset solutions.

In his new role as the Managing Director of Axioma’s Corporate Strategy unit, Mr. Patterson will be tasked with identifying buyside trends and market opportunities to expand the group’s footprint and accelerate growth.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Patterson was a founder and Managing Member of Menta Capital LLC. He spent the bulk of his investment career at Barclays Global Investors (BGI) where he was a Managing Director and head of market neutral portfolio management for US and Global strategies. Prior to heading up the portfolio management team, George worked in a variety of groups at BGI and was responsible for developing many of the investment models.

Announcing the appointment, Sebastian Ceria, Chief Executive Officer of Axioma said: “As a long-time client of Axioma, George has a strong grasp of the strengths, capabilities and potential of our solutions and services—not to mention the evolving needs of the clients and markets we serve. The goal of the Corporate Strategy Team is to take Axioma to the next level, and we expect George’s deep experience, knowledge and insights to contribute substantially to that objective.”

George earned a Ph.D. in physics from Boston University, and an S.B. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also a CFA charterholder.