Authentic Asset Management Welcomes Martin Trudel in Montréal

MONTRÉAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Authentic Asset Management Inc. is delighted to announce the hire of Martin Trudel in Montréal.

Martin Trudel, MSc, CFA joins Authentic Asset Management Inc. (“AUTHENTIC”) in Montreal as Quantitative Manager & Trader, Portfolio Management, effective June 01, 2022. Mr. Trudel will contribute to the company’s success in several specific ways.

“Developing quantitative tools that will provide a better structure for decision-making, will strengthen the investment process and mitigate risks,” according to Christian Fournier, Director, Authentic Asset Management, to whom Mr. Trudel will report. “Furthermore, it is important to build and implement processes and techniques that improve the execution of trades. I am confident in Martin’s ability to add value in these and other ways.”

“We felt especially encouraged to hire Martin with the recent institutional investor interest to launch the Authentic Event Driven Fund L.P. in partnership with the PGEQ and Innocap Investment Management Inc.,” commented Duncan Webster, Chief Executive Officer, Authentic Asset Management. AUTHENTIC’s event driven strategy has an 18-month track record of delivering a positive returns with negligible correlation to the equity markets, which positions it as a true diversifier for institutional investors.

The strategy’s success highlights the importance of the investment allocation process to the sub-strategies to diversify risk, the judicious use of derivatives to collect convex return opportunities, and the implementation of optimal hedges to mitigate downside. Mr. Trudel’s work will support these activities.

Mr. Trudel previously worked for 9 years in various progressive capacities at PSP Investments in Montréal. “With Martin’s engagement we have the added benefit of accelerating our ongoing development and use of state-of-the-art systems and approaches to satisfy our current and future Clients,” states Eric Green, Director, Authentic Asset Management with enthusiasm. Mr. Trudel’s work history runs the gambit from risk, valuation, portfolio reporting, to volatility modelling and internal absolute return strategies involving relative value and arbitrage.

AUTHENTIC welcomes Martin Trudel to the AUTHENTIC Team.

About Authentic Asset Management Inc.

AUTHENTIC is an independent portfolio management company providing a unique suite of product solutions to Clients in Canada since 2015. The company believes that investment opportunities vary as market forces change, with payoffs available to the experienced who utilise thoughtful investment strategies and timely market exposures.