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Mr. Nelson Seo is a Co-Founder & Managing Director at Fermat Capital Management LLC.
Since forming Fermat Capital in 2001, they have worked to develop methods for real time evaluation, pricing, and active trading of cat bonds, growing the firm from a start-up into a leading investment manager dedicated to ILS.
He has over 25 years of experience in commodities, derivatives, bond trading, and investment banking.
Mr. Seo has extensive trading experience as a senior market market maker, having managed Warburg Dillon Read's precious metals trading and sales desk.
At Warburg Dillon Read, he also designed structured transactions, and he was a director of e-commerce development for UBS Warburg's treasury products group.
Previously, he was a senior option market maker in foreign exchange and precious metals for O'Connor & Associates/Swiss Bank Corporation, trading on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and later establishing and managing SBC's floor operations on the COMEX.
He received a BS in economics from M.I.T.
(1990).
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Fermat Capital Management LLC
Fermat Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance FCM specializes in two separate asset classes – Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) and Trade Finance/Receivables (TF). The firm seeks to build and manage long portfolios of ILS primarily through the purchase of catastrophe bonds and direct private ILS investments. Their core investment strategy utilizes both a quantitative and experiential process designed to evaluate the ILS investment opportunities and optimize a portfolio of ILS. On the other hand, FCM aims to build and manage long portfolios of short-term trade receivables through the direct purchase of receivables or investments backed by receivables. Their core investment strategy utilizes both a quantitative and qualitative process designed to evaluate the TF investment opportunities and optimize a portfolio of TF. | Founder | 01/08/2001 |
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Fermat Capital Management LLC
Fermat Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance FCM specializes in two separate asset classes – Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) and Trade Finance/Receivables (TF). The firm seeks to build and manage long portfolios of ILS primarily through the purchase of catastrophe bonds and direct private ILS investments. Their core investment strategy utilizes both a quantitative and experiential process designed to evaluate the ILS investment opportunities and optimize a portfolio of ILS. On the other hand, FCM aims to build and manage long portfolios of short-term trade receivables through the direct purchase of receivables or investments backed by receivables. Their core investment strategy utilizes both a quantitative and qualitative process designed to evaluate the TF investment opportunities and optimize a portfolio of TF. | Finance |
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