Hedge Funds: History, Strategies, and Practice

Dr. Peter Marber, PhD is a pioneering investor, teacher, and writer focused on global markets, economic development, and human capital. An award-winning money manager for some of the world's largest institutions, Marber is Managing Director at Global Evolution, a leading multi-billion fund manager with offices in the US, Europe, and Asia. He previously headed emerging markets businesses for Aperture Investors; Loomis, Sayles & Co.; and HSBC Global Asset Management. Before that, he was founding partner, president, and chief strategist for The Atlantic Funds, which was acquired by HSBC in 2005. Marber began his career at the Swiss bank UBS. He has taught at the Harvard Extension School since January 2014 and received the JoAnne Fussa Distinguished Teaching Award in 2017. He has been a faculty member of Johns Hopkins Carey Business School since 2017 and has also taught at Columbia University and New York University's Center for Global Affairs. Marber has authored more than 100 columns and is routinely quoted in the media including CNN, CNBC, The Financial Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal. He has published eight books including his latest Quid Periculum? Measuring and Managing Risk in the Age of Uncertainty (PRS, 2021) and Augmented Education in the Global Age: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Learning and Work(Routledge, 2023). Marber is a member of Chatham House, the Bretton Woods Committee, and the Royal Economic Society, and a fellow at both the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Society of Arts. He serves on boards for institutions including Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, the Emerging Markets Trade Association, Geolinks, the University of Virginia, and St. John's College. He earned his bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University, master's degrees from Columbia University and Oxford University, and doctorate from the University of Cambridge.