“Risk is not a story; it's not a relationship; it's not a feeling. Risk is a number: it's the probability of loss weighted by the expected degree of loss.”
- Benjamin D. Summers
 
A PRIVATE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
Adagio Group delivers innovative research in econophysics, quantitative risk analytics, structured product engineering, and comprehensive portfolio management primarily through outsourced chief investment officer ("OCIO") relationships with family offices and endowments. Unlike any other firm in the industry, we build from the mathematical definition of risk—probability of loss weighted by expected degree of loss—rather than defaulting to variance as a convenient but fundamentally flawed and indefensible proxy that fails precisely when accuracy matters most. This first principles approach forms the foundation of all our methodologies.

We recognize that markets operate as complex adaptive systems where multiscale signal processing reveals patterns invisible to conventional analysis. Our methodology captures the complete spectrum of market behaviors—extracting meaningful information from quiet periods and volatile regimes alike. By analyzing entire return distributions rather than simplified statistical measures, we identify structural vulnerabilities and persistent signals that others miss, including those that manifest during sudden liquidity crises many consider unpredictable "black swan" events.

This comprehensive analytical framework drives our OCIO services while supporting the broader mission of our capstone entity, Adagio Institute, Inc., a 501(c)(3) public charity. Through the Institute, we promote merit-based decision making in the financial industry by capitalizing deserving asset managers based on rigorous quantitative standards—prioritizing demonstrated performance over conventional industry heuristics. We also collaborate with due diligence firms to enhance evaluation methodologies and develop academic partnerships that advance econophysics research. This integrated approach enriches our OCIO capabilities while furthering our commitment to quantitatively rigorous investment principles.
Securities offered through Emerson Equity LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC
 
“[Most] investors may be quite willing to take the risk of being wrong in the company of others, while being much more reluctant to take the risk of being right alone.
- John Maynard Keynes
 
OCIO SERVICES
We maintain selective OCIO relationships with:
  • Family Offices managing $100 million+ in investable assets
  • University and Foundation Endowments
  • Institutional Allocators that value quantitatively rigorous portfolio management
Our OCIO relationships are built upon a structured, quantitative methodology:
  • Multidimensional Risk Assessment: Each investment opportunity undergoes comprehensive analysis using our proprietary framework that captures the complete return distribution rather than simplified statistical measures.
  • Portfolio Construction via Hilbert Space Methods: We apply advanced functional analysis techniques to identify structural vulnerabilities and persistent signals across asset classes that remain invisible to conventional approaches.
  • Dynamic Allocation Optimization: Our methodology adapts to evolving market conditions through Bayesian signal integration that weights different analytical techniques based on their demonstrated predictive power.
  • Systematic Performance Verification: Client portfolios undergo continuous evaluation using the Summers Total Risk-Adjusted Performance Measure to ensure alignment with institutional objectives across all market regimes.
  • Transparent Governance Framework: We provide institutional partners with quantitative performance attribution and comprehensive risk decomposition, establishing clear accountability through mathematical rigor rather than narrative explanations.
Third-Party Risk Analytics
We provide the asset management and broker-dealer communities comprehensive, quantitative risk analysis at both the individual investment and portfolio levels. By applying four-moment statistical analysis to performance data encompassing a minimum of one complete market cycle, we are able to meaningfully measure the risk (market, idiosyncratic, and tail), return, and liquidity characteristics of any investment or portfolio.
We provide the asset management and broker-dealer communities comprehensive, quantitative risk analysis at both the individual investment and portfolio levels. By applying four-moment statistical analysis to performance data encompassing a minimum of one complete market cycle, we are able to meaningfully measure the risk (market, idiosyncratic, and tail), return, and liquidity characteristics of any investment or portfolio.
Summers Total Risk-Adjusted Performance Measure
  Summers MEASURE & INVESTMENT CHARACTERISTICS MATRIX
Rigorous quantitative analysis is unequivocally the only responsible method of determining asset quality and informing portfolio construction. Of the risk-adjusted performance measures, the Summers Total Risk-Adjusted Performance Measure is the only one that captures all four statistical moments while providing a user-friendly output as a percentage relative to the market. The Summers Investment Characteristics Matrix paints an accurate, comprehensive picture of the risk, return, and liquidity characteristics of any asset or portfolio regardless of asset class—from equities to real property.
Summers Investment Characteristics Matrix
Summers Total Risk-Adjusted Performance Measure & Investment Characteristics Matrix
For sponsors managing newer strategies, we apply backward-looking analysis that rigorously accounts for every measurable variable contributing to the performance characteristics of rules-based strategies across complete market cycles. This methodology excludes cherry picking and data fitting by design.

When asset managers complete our quantitative risk analysis, we may provide appropriate visibility to qualified investors and financial institutions within our network who have expressed interest in strategies demonstrating specific risk-return characteristics.
For sponsors managing newer strategies, we apply backward-looking analysis that rigorously accounts for every measurable variable contributing to the performance characteristics of rules-based strategies across complete market cycles. This methodology excludes cherry picking and data fitting by design.

When asset managers complete our quantitative risk analysis, we may provide appropriate visibility to qualified investors and financial institutions within our network who have expressed interest in strategies demonstrating specific risk-return characteristics.
Portfolio Management & Private Structured Product Engineering
We implement OCIO relationships for institutional clients including endowments, foundations, and family offices with a $100 million or more in investable assets. Our approach delivers comprehensive portfolio solutions that achieve performance and liquidity objectives unattainable through conventional investment methodologies.

Our portfolio construction process applies the mathematical framework described earlier—capturing the complete return distribution rather than simplified statistical measures. Unlike traditional approaches that rely on static methodologies regardless of market environment, our Bayesian signal integration adaptively weights different analytical techniques based on current market conditions.
Standard Model Signal Weigts
This adaptive framework allows us to identify structural vulnerabilities and persistent signals across different market regimes. As demonstrated above, our methodology adjusts analytical emphasis from spectral analysis during stable periods to operator-theoretic signals during market stress—a mathematically rigorous approach that captures patterns conventional methods systematically miss.
For qualified institutional partners, we also engineer bespoke private structured products that implement our quantitative methodology within specific liquidity and risk parameters. These solutions leverage market inefficiencies that emerge from capital and information asymmetries in specialized market segments.

Provide us your investment time horizon and liquidity mandate; we'll construct the portfolio solution with quantitatively rigorous risk-adjusted performance to match.
METHODOLOGY ADVANTAGES
METHODOLOGY ADVANTAGES
   Complete Distribution Analysis: Risk assessment capturing all statistical moments rather than simplified variance approximations
   Regime-Adaptive Signal Processing: Mathematical framework that automatically adjusts to changing market conditions without discretionary intervention
   Structural Vulnerability Detection: Identification of risks that remain invisible to traditional approaches, particularly during transition periods
   Path-Dependency Recognition: Capture of temporal structures and sequential patterns missed by static models
   Cross-Asset Class Signal Integration: Unified mathematical framework applicable across all liquid and alternative asset categories
   Measurable Tail Risk Protection: Quantifiable downside protection derived from the comprehensive modeling of probability distributions
   Information Asymmetry Exploitation: Systematic identification of market inefficiencies created by incomplete distribution analysis
PRIVATE STRUCTURED PRODUCTS
PRIVATE STRUCTURED PRODUCTS
   Open-End, Institutional-Grade, Risk-Engineered, Private Fixed Income & Growth Structures
   GP Stakes Structures & Positions
   Best-In-Class Actively-Managed Underlying Strategies
   24 to 120 Month Lock-Up Period
   High Omega Ratio & No Inter-Year Drawdown
(as measured since January 2007 or earlier)
   Monthly Valuations
   Quarterly Reporting
   Annual Audits
   Margin Facilities
Precious Metal Holdings
We make it easy for our clients to conveniently buy, own and securely store precious metals and thereby preserve their purchasing power. Our clients' holdings are stored at VIA MAT International Ltd. and G4S vaults in London, Zurich or Hong Kong in the form of bars that meet the standards of the London Bullion Market Association for gold and silver and the London Platinum and Palladium Market for platinum and palladium. Our clients have the option to take delivery of their precious metals at any time in convenient 100 gram and 1 kg bars with a purity of 99.99%. The refiner Baird & Co. Ltd. in London is responsible for producing the bars.
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GP Stakes Solutions
Our GP stakes solutions generate unparalleled returns with minimal downside exposure for GP stakes fund LPs by providing best-in-class alternative asset managers a financially engineered structure, rigorous operational guardrails, and access to institutional capital. GP stakes funds acquire equity interests in the discrete structure created for each portfolio asset manager and generate yield via the funds' pro rata ownership of portfolio asset managers' management and performance fees.

We design our GP stakes funds for financial institutions and RIAs that are typically responsible for driving AUM into portfolio asset managers, either directly or through a dedicated fund of funds. This puts GP stakes fund LPs in control of the performance of their positions.
Transdisciplinary Academic Programs in Econophysics, Financial Mathematics, and Financial Engineering through Adagio Institute
Adagio Institute, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity organized for the purpose of promoting financial education. The Institute conducts and sponsors transdisciplinary study and research in econophysics, financial mathematics, and financial engineering developing academic programs with partner universities. Our mission is to promote broad adoption of meaningful, objective quantitative standards for asset management to drive merit-based decision making within the financial services industry.
 
“How much you truly 'believe' in something can be manifested only through what you are willing to risk for it.” 
- Nassim N. Taleb
 
Benjamin D. Summers
Benjamin D. Summers
Managing Director & Founder
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Ben is the Founder and Managing Director of Adagio Group, an innovative financial institution applying advanced mathematical frameworks to investment management. Under his leadership, Adagio has developed groundbreaking methodologies at the intersection of theoretical physics and quantitative finance.

Ben's research in econophysics has redefined risk assessment through the development of the Summers Total Risk-Adjusted Performance Measure, a proprietary framework that captures the higher-moment characteristics of asset returns within Hilbert space representations. This innovative approach forms the theoretical foundation for Adagio's investment strategy, which has demonstrated significant outperformance across multiple asset classes and market regimes.

Beyond his theoretical contributions, Ben has translated complex mathematical concepts into practical portfolio construction techniques that drive Adagio's OCIO relationships and structured product engineering. His interdisciplinary background includes executive leadership in global energy services and a professional baseball career with the San Diego Padres organization.

Ben earned his Bachelor of Science in Physics from Louisiana State University, where he also pursued musical studies. He currently holds FINRA Series 65 and Florida Real Estate licenses, serves on the Forbes Finance Council, and authored the #1 international bestseller The Shadow Banker's Secrets: Investment Banking for Alternatives. His ongoing academic research advances the field of econophysics while supporting his pursuit of a PhD by Published Works, reflecting his commitment to bridging sophisticated mathematical theory with practical investment applications.
Karl R. Moore
Karl R. Moore
Managing Partner - Private Equity
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Over Karl's 15+ year career in finance, he has worked across the spectrum of private equity and venture capital markets. He has founded two companies and held senior roles in the launch of two more. In each of these positions, he has proved a top strategic development mind leading and executing M&A and re-capitalization transactions, negotiating deal terms, and getting products and companies to market successfully.

Before focusing solely on private markets, Karl began his career at UBS, eventually focusing on hedge fund manager due diligence at Summit Private Investments. At Summit he optimized the risk-adjusted performance of roughly $500 million in AUM across 40+ managers with strategies ranging from small cap growth and value to distressed debt. 

Karl received his law degree from Vanderbilt University and his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, summa cum laude, from Mississippi College.
Todd A. Billings
Todd A. Billings
Managing Partner - Real Estate
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Todd is the founder of USDV Capital, a private equity firm that has purchased and originated over 9,000 residential and commercial mortgages. Todd launched his career on Wall Street as a financial analyst and trader working with municipal bonds, swap strategies, and equities as a NASDAQ market maker with Merrill Lynch, Paine Webber (UBS), Hill Thompson Magid, and Bank of America Private Bank (U.S. Trust).

Todd is a pioneer in the investment industry being first to market in the non-performing loan business after the 2008 market crash. He followed that up by leveraging his Wall Street experience to finance fix and flip, new construction, bridge and non-agency debt service coverage ratio (“DSCR”) loans.

Todd attended John Hopkins University and received his Bachelor of Science in Economics from Stanford University. He has been married for 21 years and is the proud father of five children.
Daniel Berger
Dr. Kurtay Ogunc
Director - Academic Affairs
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Kurtay is responsible for academic initiatives under Adagio Institute. He is also the Director of Undergraduate Studies & Research, Director of the Asset Management Academy, and Director of the Quantitative Finance Club in the department of finance at LSU.

In addition to his academic career, Kurtay has served in the public and private sectors over the last three decades, most recently as the Senior Investment Officer for Risk Management and Asset Allocation in the Mayor’s Office for Pensions and Investments at the New York City Retirement System. Additionally, Kurtay served as the first investment manager for the LSU endowment.

Kurtay received his PhD in Decision Sciences (Asset Management, Stochastic Processes and Econometrics) and Master of Applied Statistics (Binary Choice Models and Bayesian Theory) from LSU and his MBA in Finance from Western Michigan University.
Daniel Berger
Daniel Berger
Director - Capital Markets
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Daniel is responsible for market research and communications in support of Adagio’s service offerings, product development and distribution. Daniel also serves as a Managing Partner of Daltok Capital Management. Before joining Adagio, Daniel served as Chief Revenue Officer at Oren Klaff’s investment firm Intersection Capital with a focus on expanding their equity capital markets practice.

Daniel also has substantial experience in the international real estate development space driving exits from $290 million per year to over $900 million. During that time, he trained more than 3,000 sales and marketing professionals.

Daniel graduated from Europa-Universität Flensburg with a Bachelor of Business Administration (International Management, Media Management, Marketing) and Master of Organizational Management. He is currently a member of the Forbes Business Development Council.
Dr. Kurtay Ogunc
Dr. Kurtay Ogunc
Director - Academic Affairs
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Kurtay is responsible for academic initiatives under Adagio Institute. He is also the Director of Undergraduate Studies & Research, Director of the Asset Management Academy, and Director of the Quantitative Finance Club in the department of finance at LSU.

In addition to his academic career, Kurtay has served in the public and private sectors over the last three decades, most recently as the Senior Investment Officer for Risk Management and Asset Allocation in the Mayor’s Office for Pensions and Investments at the New York City Retirement System. Additionally, Kurtay served as the first investment manager for the LSU endowment.

Kurtay received his PhD in Decision Sciences (Asset Management, Stochastic Processes and Econometrics) and Master of Applied Statistics (Binary Choice Models and Bayesian Theory) from LSU and his MBA in Finance from Western Michigan University.
Stephan P. Piscano
Stephan P. Piscano
Managing Partner - Public Charity Initiatives
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Stephan is the founder and managing director of Vacation Wealth Partners, the largest buyer of seller-financed real estate in the U.S. He is also responsible for community outreach and educational initiatives under Adagio Institute. Stephan has built an extremely powerful information distribution infrastructure that has the ability to directly communicate with millions of investors and investment professionals.

Stephan began investing in real estate as a teenager flipping $300 lots in New Mexico online. By age 23, he owned a portfolio of rental properties in California and Nevada. When the financial crisis of 2008 hit, Stephan traded more than 200 single-family homes on eBay! learning how to profit across market cycles. Stephan's passion to pass on what he learned led him to build the largest real estate community on LinkedIn The Real Estate Networking Group and the website ListedBy. Stephan uses his massive platforms to share his knowledge and access with the millions of members in his networks.
Jose "Joe" Maymo
Jose "Joe" Maymo
Executive Director, Business Development - Analytics
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As executive of business development for Adagio's analytics services, Joe is responsible for liaising with the RIA and broker-dealer community to incorporate Adagio's risk measurement tools into their due diligence process for private alternative assets.

Before joining Adagio, Joe served as Regional Vice President at firms such as Nationwide and Transamerica Financial. His 19 year career as a financial services professional includes the wholesaling of variable annuities and mutual funds to the independent broker dealer channel along with six plus years of wholesaling public non-traded REITS and Regulation D offerings. He prides himself in using a consultative approach to help financial professionals find the best solutions for their clients. Joe graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, and he also holds the FINRA Series 7, 63 and 65 licenses.
Christopher Bentley
Christopher R. Bentley
Managing Partner - Asset Management
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Chris is the Founder, CEO and President of Bellatorum Resources. He is responsible for overseeing the oil and gas land acquisition and disposition strategy on Adagio's platform through Bellatorum.

Chris began his career in the oil and gas industry as a Land and Right of Way Agent with G&P Land and as an independent contractor for a mineral and royalty buying firm. Prior to entering the oil and gas industry, Chris completed six deployments as a Marine in Iraq and Afghanistan receiving two Commendation Medals, four Navy Marine Achievement Medals, the Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, two Combat Action Ribbons, in addition to several other personal awards. 

Chris earned his Master of Business Administration from Rice University and both a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership and Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Norwich University.
Michael T. Bruni, CFA, CFP
Executive Director - Financial Education
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“I want a guy who knows enough math so that he can use those tools effectively but has a curiosity about how things work and enough imagination and tenacity to dope it out.” 
- Jim Simons
 
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Key Accounts Manager
Level: Senior Manager
Category: Financial Services
Location: TBD

We are seeking a highly motivated Key Accounts Executive with a proven track record of generating new relationships with Independent Broker-Dealers that result in selling agreements nationwide.

For serious consideration, candidates must have experience successfully obtaining selling agreements for sponsors of alternative investment products.

Responsibilities:
  • ​Establish relationships with independent broker-dealers to distribute Adagio's investment products.
  • ​Identify and capture business development opportunities for Adagio’s products.
  • ​Educate broker-dealer firms on quantitative risk analysis and synthetic positions and present alternative investment product offerings.
  • ​Develop and execute a strategic plan to obtain selling agreements with due diligence officers of broker dealers.
  • ​Analyze competitive data and position our products to win selling agreements.
  • ​Establish relationships with independent broker-dealers to distribute Adagio's investment products.
  • ​Identify and capture business development opportunities for Adagio’s products.
  • ​Educate broker-dealer firms on quantitative risk analysis and synthetic positions and present alternative investment product offerings.
  • ​Develop and execute a strategic plan to obtain selling agreements with due diligence officers of broker dealers.
  • ​Analyze competitive data and position our products to win selling agreements.
Qualifications:
  • ​10+ years financial product wholesale industry experience in the family office space
  • ​Relationships with broker-dealers and other relevant financial investment entities
  • ​Proven strategic business development, negotiating and managerial experience
  • ​Highly refined presentation and public speaking abilities
  • ​Thorough understanding of quantitative risk analysis, structured products and synthetic positions
  • ​Results oriented and creative problem solving ability
  • ​FINRA Series 7 & 66 or Series 65 License
  • ​B.S. in Math, Physics, or Computer Science
  • ​10+ years financial product wholesale industry experience
  • ​Relationships with broker-dealers and other relevant financial investment entities
  • ​Proven strategic business development, negotiating and managerial experience
  • ​Highly refined presentation and public speaking abilities
  • ​Thorough understanding of quantitative risk analysis, structured products and synthetic positions (education available)
  • ​Results oriented and creative problem solving ability
  • ​FINRA Series 7 & 66 or Series 65 License
  • ​B.S. in Math, Physics, or Computer Science (preferred)
Wholesaler
Level: Associate
Category: Financial Services
Location: TBD

We are seeking an experienced alternative financial products sales professional to be responsible for the distribution of our private securities offerings through the development of Family Office, Registered Investment Adviser ("RIA"), and Independent Broker-Dealer channels. Investment banking, private equity or hedge fund experience preferred.

Responsibilities:
  • ​Attract, retain and support Family Offices, RIAs, and Independent Broker-Dealers as distribution channels for Adagio's private structured products.
  • Liaise with distribution channels to guide their understanding of current risk, return & liquidity appetites.
  • ​Educate representatives on quantitative risk analysis and synthetic positions.
  • Adhere to communications best practice and disclosure requirements.
  • Attract, retain and support Family Offices, RIAs, and Independent Broker-Dealers as distribution channels for Adagio's private structured products.
  • Liaise with distribution channels to guide their understanding of current risk, return & liquidity appetites.
  • ​Educate representatives on quantitative risk analysis and synthetic positions.
  • Adhere to communications best practice and disclosure requirements.
Required:
  • ​Established network of Family Offices and RIAs that trade/recommend alternatives
  • ​Understanding of quantitative risk analysis, structured products and synthetic positions
  • ​Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • ​Fortitude to alter cultural inertia with merit
  • ​Creative problem solving ability
  • ​Results oriented
  • ​FINRA Series 7 & 66 or Series 65 License
  • ​B.S. in Math, Physics, or Computer Science
  • ​Established network of Family Offices and RIAs that trade/recommend alternatives
  • ​Understanding of quantitative risk analysis, structured products and synthetic positions
  • ​Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • ​Fortitude to alter cultural inertia with merit
  • ​Creative problem solving ability
  • ​Results oriented
  • ​FINRA Series 7 & 66 or Series 65 License
  • B.S. in Math, Physics, or Computer Science (preferred)
Financial Advisor Associate
Level: Associate
Category: Financial Services
Location: TBD
Compensation Structure: Commission

Were you unable to grow an economically viable book of business from scratch? If so, you can still be successful in the financial services industry...

As a Financial Advisor, you’ll be part of our entrepreneurial system with the freedom to provide solutions for every type of market participant from a broad portfolio of innovative, merit-based products and services.

We've developed the marketing and sales infrastructure required to take the most difficult aspects of financial sales off your plate.
  • ​No existing book of business required
  • ​No cold calling required
  • ​Low-ticket front-end educational product (segments market participants and provides comprehensive education-based sales message)
  • ​Risk-adjusted performance measure tools and services
  • ​Superior risk-adjusted performance (as measured since January 2007) via institutional-grade private structured products
  • ​Low-minimum access to exclusive risk-adjusted performance for retail investors
  • ​No existing book of business required
  • ​No cold calling required
  • ​Low-ticket front-end educational product (segments market participants and provides comprehensive education-based sales message)
  • ​Risk-adjusted performance measure tools and services
  • ​Superior risk-adjusted performance (as measured since January 2007) via institutional-grade private structured products
  • ​Low-minimum access to exclusive risk-adjusted performance for retail investors
We are seeking a highly motivated Financial Advisor to generate traffic for our self-liquidating marketing and sales funnel and follow-up with individuals who fall out of the funnel to close the appropriate sales.

Commissions are paid at every step of the funnel, in addition to compensation for the sale of our financial products.

You’ll have access to powerful sales tools and a large resource network so you can focus on activities that get immediate results. A career as a Financial Advisor with Adagio gives you the pride and satisfaction of helping others to understand and analyze their financial situation and needs better than any other firm in the market.
Qualifications:
  • ​Highly refined presentation and public speaking abilities
  • ​Thorough understanding of quantitative risk analysis, structured products and synthetic positions (education provided)
  • ​Results oriented and creative problem solving ability
  • ​FINRA Series 65 License
  • ​B.S. in Math, Physics, or Computer Science
  • ​Highly refined presentation and public speaking abilities
  • ​Thorough understanding of quantitative risk analysis, structured products and synthetic positions
  • ​Results oriented and creative problem solving ability
  • ​FINRA Series 7 & 66 or Series 65 License (preferred)
  • ​B.S. in Math, Physics, or Computer Science (preferred)
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER DISCLOSURE:  It is the policy of Adagio, LLC to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected pregnancy/maternity leave), veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected characteristic.
 
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." 
- Benjamin Franklin
 
INVESTOR RELATIONS
We are always seeking creative solutions to effectively meet the demands of important, challenging problems. Two of the most important challenges we address are: 1) measuring the risk-adjusted performance characteristics of assets and asset managers, and 2) filling holes in the capital markets with assets possessing better risk-adjusted performance than what is otherwise available. Adagio's investors range from high net worth individuals to other financial firms with a diverse array of objectives. We pride ourselves on our commitment to open communication with investors and a consistent and high level of transparency regarding our allocations. By fostering an ongoing dialogue and applying our unmatched risk engineering expertise, we are able to structure appropriate vehicles to meet these goals.
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PAPERS
PAPERS
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An Intuitive True Total Risk-Adjusted Performance Measure and Characteristics Matrix
January 2023
Keating and Shadwick’s Omega ratio captures all four statistical moments of risk but has practical limitations with respect to portfolio optimization. Kapsos et al. simplified the Omega ratio into an expression with better practical application, but its focus as a portfolio optimization tool represents a trade-off with respect to absolute risk-adjusted performance measurement. First, we've transformed the Kapsos form of the Omega ratio in an analogous manner to what Modigliani did with the Sharpe ratio to create an intuitive percentage output scaled against the market. Second, we’ve deconstructed the Kapsos form of Omega to create a 3 x 1 matrix that measures and intuitively communicates the three fundamental characteristics that define an investment: risk, return, and liquidity.
Be a Better Fiduciary: Private Structured Products & Quantitative Risk Analytics for Financial Advisors
February 2018
Most financial advisors adhere to a very traditional asset allocation model built entirely upon public securities. Outside of the fact that a set of relatively vague, qualitative criteria govern the literal value of their clients’ life work, the substance upon which those models are predicated is a set of assets completely dependent upon schizophrenic secondary markets...
Investment Banking for Private Real Estate Operators
June 2017
Investment banks are intermediaries that, amongst many other functions, help typically large companies raise capital by advising on and underwriting new securities issues. To prepare for a new issue of securities, investment banks first advise their clients on considerations such as capital structure (how much debt vs. equity should be issued; what types of equity and debt should be issued, etc.), the strategic use of other financial instruments (such as warrants), and...
Investment Clubs: Gain the Exclusive Access of the Top 1%
May 2017
There is a little-known solution that can afford non-accredited investors the opportunity to participate in the exclusive securities offerings of hedge funds and invest like the top one percent: the investment club. An investment club is a business entity structured as either a general partnership or LLC in which all members (owners) are also managers who participate by vote in determining the investment decisions of the club; because all owners actively participate...
Constructing Alpha: An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Risk
April 2017
Every investor — from the guy who bets on physical currency by hiding it under his mattress to Ray Dalio — is concerned with risk. Somewhat surprisingly, despite the fact that the vast majority of people are risk averse, very few have any idea what risk actually means or how to measure it… this group includes many, if not most, financial professionals. Ironically, despite retail investors’ often stated aversion to risk, they tend to solely focus on the projected return...
From Wall Street to Main Street
July 2016
Most real estate investors face the nearly impossible task of competing for the few quality deals in their market against tens, if not hundreds, of deep-pocketed, well-connected and established investors already there. To survive, new and undercapitalized investors are forced to work many fruitless hours blindly mailing, calling, driving and knocking on random doors to find whatever scraps may be left over. After all this effort, in the rare instance a good deal is finally secured...
Introduction to Options in Real Estate
January 2015
One of most prolific and powerful tools of “creative” finance in real estate is the lease-option, but this tool represents only the proverbial tip of the iceberg when it comes to the most powerful breed of derivatives in the investing world, options. There are two basic types of options: the call option (or “call”) and the put option (or “put”). A call is what is utilized in the traditional lease-option; the put, on the other hand, is virtually unheard of in the world or real estate. An option...
Determining Equilibrium Value for Residential Real Estate
March 2013
One of the most pervasive challenges facing the residential real estate market is the determination of property values. As a result of TARP and other federal subsidies to institutional mortgage lenders, in addition to administrative incompetence, the foreclosure pipeline has been clogged. The expected glut of inventory resulting from the mortgage and financial crisis has yet to materialize, and correspondingly, prices have been lifted by artificially limited supply...
Deciphering Monetary Policy as a Means to Beat the Market
October 2012
Monetary policy and its effect on the markets can often seem as an impossibly complex, if not opaque dynamic. The market obviously responds, and most often in a seemingly positive manner, to the actions taken by the Federal Reserve System and statements by its chairman, Ben Bernanke… but how and why, and what are the less obvious effects of a centralized monetary system...
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While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: email address, first name and last name, and cookies and usage data.

Usage Data
We may also collect information how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. Examples of cookies we use: session cookies to operate our Service; preference cookies to remember your preferences and various settings; and security cookies for security purposes.

Use of Data
Adagio Group uses the collected data for various purposes to: provide and maintain the Service; notify you about changes to our Service; allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so; provide customer care and support; provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service; monitor the usage of the Service; and detect, prevent and address technical issues.

Transfer Of Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to—and maintained on—computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. Adagio Group will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure Of Data
Legal Requirements
Adagio Group may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: comply with a legal obligation; protect and defend the rights or property of Adagio Group; prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service; protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public; and/or protect against legal liability.

Security Of Data
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Service Providers
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics  is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Links To Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes To This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email: solutions@adagiollc.com