Legends & Leaders in Hedge Funds and Finance – Sven Bouman, Saemor Capital: one of the largest and most successful European market-neutral hedge funds

Supported by a team of 18, Saemor is led by Sven Bouman who was previously Head of Equities at Aegon. Jointly with CIO Sven Bakker, previously Head Quantitative Strategies of PGGM, he is responsible for portfolio positioning, quantitative investment processes and risk management. Aegon seeded the fund with EUR 400m in total. Saemor’s adaptive factor model is based on both academia and experience.