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Make smarter allocations.Build better portfolios.
“What makes the desert beautiful, said the little prince, is that somewhere it hides a well.
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
Hedge Fund Specialists
Make smarter allocations.Build better portfolios.
“What makes the desert beautiful, said the little prince, is that somewhere it hides a well.
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

I am Ian Rayner, founder of Rayner Gobran LLC. We partner with family offices, institutional allocators, and wealth managers who want more from their hedge funds. Understanding how your investments support your goals is where we start. From there, we work together to create your best hedge fund and managed futures portfolio.
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I am Ian Rayner, founder of Rayner Gobran LLC. We partner with family offices, institutional allocators, and wealth managers who want more from their hedge funds. Understanding how your investments support your goals is where we start. From there, we work together to create your best hedge fund and managed futures portfolio.
“It was obvious from the beginning that Ian had the ability to quickly comprehend complexity and get to the heart of the matter at hand.
He handled whatever we threw at him. On the day he started, we gave him the task of setting up a Cayman Islands CTA trading platform. He had it up and running within six months!
– Richard Bornhoft
CEO The Bornhoft Group
CTA Intelligence Lifetime Achievement Award 2017
“Ian has a substantial mathematics, engineering, and business background, plus he understands the alternatives industry and has structured both onshore and offshore alternative products.
If I was in a position to hire Ian, I would do so even if I didn’t have a specific job for him. That’s how highly I think of him.
– Brian Bell
Director of Research, The Bornhoft Group
CIO, CTS Asset Management
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No matter where you are in the hedge fund investment process we bring expertise. Whether assessing a single manager, constructing a portfolio, or building a hedge fund platform, we have you covered.

Sourcing Managers

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Thought
In the blog, we demystify the business of hedge funds and managed futures. Topics include the business aspects of hedge funds, useful industry data, and quantitative techniques. Below are a few featured posts.

The Case For Hedge Funds And Managed Futures
I make the case for alternatives in institutional portfolios. Far from reducing exposure to hedge funds, investors should be increasing it. Simple portfolios and dramatic results make the point.

Keep Your Eyes On The Prize
If you are going to use some set of risk-reward measures (such as Sharpe Ratio) to judge investment performance, you need to keep your eyes on the prize: The overall performance of your portfolio, not that of the individual portfolio components.

Multiple Managers vs A Single Manager: Return Predictability
We show how manager diversification improves confidence in predicting future hedge fund returns and can be used as a substitute for demanding long track records.

Profit and Loss Magazine – CTAs Feeling the Heat
We were lucky enough to be featured in another article from Profit and Loss Magazine - CTAs Feeling the Heat. We provided data and analysis, and a number of our charts were included. Following is a synopsis. CTAs Feeling the Heat: 2018 saw CTAs cap a generally poor...

The Markowitz Bullet – A Guided Tour
The Markowitz Bullet underlies the best-known and most widely-used portfolio optimization approach. We provide a guided tour using a 3-asset portfolio.
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Phone: +1 303 842 1669
Location: Boulder, Colorado, USA
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