“In the building practices of ancient Rome, when the scaffolding was removed from a completed Roman arch, the engineer stood beneath. If the arch came crashing down, he was the first to know. Thus his concern for the quality of the arch was intensely personal, and it is not surprising that so many Roman arches have survived.”
Seth Klarman, 1991,“Margin of Safety”
Simon has over 25 years of experience in the investment banking and financial markets industry. Initially trained in risk management, he has always been involved in building applications for the trading floor. Trading on his own account throughout this time, once he discovered systematic trading there was no turning back. When Simon is away from his desk you’ll find him surfing, rock-climbing or mountain-biking.
On a podcast interview with a value-investing fund manager, the interviewer made the following insightful comment: “One thing we would always focus on when I was looking at funds was whether the manager was ‘true to label’ … Results are transient, but what you are really buying is the process.”
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