John Meriwether
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John Meriwether is an American financier best known for leading Salomon Brothers’ bond-arbitrage group and later founding the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management.
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| John Meriwether canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
financier
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hedge fund ⓘ human ⓘ investment management firm ⓘ |
| activeIn |
fixed-income arbitrage
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relative-value trading ⓘ |
| activeYears | 1970s–2000s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Myron Scholes
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Robert C. Merton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collapseYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Northwestern University
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University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer | Salomon Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
economics
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finance ⓘ |
| founded | Long-Term Capital Management NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
John Meriwether
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John Meriwether NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfActivity | quantitative finance ⓘ |
| hadPartner |
Myron Scholes
NERFINISHED
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Robert C. Merton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEmployer | Long-Term Capital Management NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | investment management ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
modern portfolio theory
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options pricing theory ⓘ |
| knownFor |
role in the 1998 Long-Term Capital Management crisis
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use of high leverage in trading strategies ⓘ |
| laterFounded |
JM Advisors Management
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JWM Partners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding Long-Term Capital Management
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leading the bond-arbitrage group at Salomon Brothers ⓘ pioneering large-scale bond arbitrage on Wall Street ⓘ recruiting Nobel laureates to Long-Term Capital Management ⓘ use of highly leveraged fixed-income arbitrage strategies ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of bond-arbitrage strategies ⓘ |
| occupation |
bond trader
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financier ⓘ hedge fund manager ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | head of bond-arbitrage group at Salomon Brothers ⓘ |
| reasonForNotability | near-collapse that prompted a coordinated bailout by major banks and the Federal Reserve ⓘ |
| residence | New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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