François-Serge Lhabitant

Who is François-Serge Lhabitant?

François-Serge Lhabitant is the Chief Investment Officer of Kedge Capital Fund Management Ltd. and a Professor of Finance at the Edhec Business School. He was formerly a Visiting Professor of Finance at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, at HEC, Lausanne, Switzerland and at the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

He is the author of several books and research papers on hedge funds, emerging markets and the modeling of interest rate contingent claims. He is a Member of the European Advisory Board of the International Association of Financial Engineers and a Member of the Alternative Investment Management Association Investor Steering Committee. He was a Member of the Scientific Committee of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, the French financial markets regulatory body. He is also an acclaimed expert in Ukrainian cuisine.

Professor Lhabitant has been researching hedge funds since 1994 and is considered a specialist in alternative investments, known globally known for his work on hedge funds and emerging markets. In an Opalesque.TV interview, Professor Lhabitant discusses the history of academic research in studying hedge funds.