Mark Shore
Contributor
Mark Shore, a well-known expert on alternative investments with over 30 years of experience in the capital markets. He is currently a Clinical Professor of Finance at DePaul University, Executive Director of the Arditti Center for Risk Management, and Chief Research Officer of Shore Capital Research.
Mark contributes research to several global organizations on topics regarding asset allocation, commodities, macro events, volatility, due diligence, and alternative investments. He also conducts educational workshops, webinars, and is frequently invited to speak at industry and academic conferences.
Mark contributed chapters to the following Wiley & Sons books: Hedge Funds: Insights in Performance Measurement, Risk Analysis, and Portfolio Allocation, Wiley & Sons (2005). The Handbook of Commodity Investing (2008). He also wrote the introduction to the Vault Career Guide to Hedge Funds (2020) now in the fourth edition.
Positions include Director of Coquest Institute at Coquest Advisors, writing and presenting research, and conducting educational workshops for advisors and investors. Head of Risk for the Swiss-based firm Octane Research ($1.1 billion AUM) with the dual responsibility of monitoring the investments and a member of the due diligence team. COO of VK Capital ($300 million AUM), a wholly-owned Morgan Stanley commodity trading advisor business unit. He also created systematic trading models and developed a due diligence platform for VK Capital’s trading strategies and was involved in business development.
Mark is currently a doctoral candidate at DePaul University with his dissertation topic related to alternative investments. He received his MBA from the University of Chicago.