Victor Haghani (born c. 1962) is an
Iranian-American
Iranian Americans are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry or who hold Iranian citizenship.
Iranian Americans are among the most highly educated people in the United States. They have historically excelled in busine ...
founder of Elm Wealth, a research-driven wealth advisor and manager. Elm uses index-tracking funds to invest across the largest asset classes and tries to give its clients broad exposure to global economic growth at the lowest possible cost.
Haghani was one of the founding partners of
Long-Term Capital Management
Long-Term Capital Management L.P. (LTCM) was a highly-leveraged hedge fund. In 1998, it received a $3.6 billion bailout from a group of 14 banks, in a deal brokered and put together by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
LTCM was founded in 1 ...
(LTCM), a
hedge fund which collapsed in 1998 and was eventually recapitalized and restructured by a consortium of leading banks.
The son of an Iranian international trader of a
Sephardic Jewish family, Haghani graduated from the
London School of Economics (LSE). He was a founding partner of LTCM and after the liquidation of LTCM became a founding partner of
JWM Partners
JWM Partners LLC was a hedge fund started by John Meriwether after the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) in 1998. LTCM was one of the most spectacular failures of Wall Street, leading to a bailout of around $4 billion that was provi ...
which managed a successor fund to LTCM.
Education
Victor Haghani graduated from the
London School of Economics (LSE) in 1984, where he received a B.Sc. degree in Economics. He has also taught at the LSE, where he is a Senior Research Associate in the FMG.
Career
Haghani started his career in 1984 in the bond research department of
Salomon Brothers and then became a managing director in the bond arbitrage group run by
John Meriwether
John William Meriwether (born August 10, 1947) is an American hedge fund executive.
Education
Meriwether earned an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and an MBA degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Sal ...
. In 1993, he co-founded
Long-Term Capital Management
Long-Term Capital Management L.P. (LTCM) was a highly-leveraged hedge fund. In 1998, it received a $3.6 billion bailout from a group of 14 banks, in a deal brokered and put together by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
LTCM was founded in 1 ...
with seven other partners. In 1993, he set up the LTCM office in London. Haghani stayed on at LTCM through 1999 to assist in the liquidation of LTCM, following which he became a founding partner of
JWM Partners
JWM Partners LLC was a hedge fund started by John Meriwether after the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) in 1998. LTCM was one of the most spectacular failures of Wall Street, leading to a bailout of around $4 billion that was provi ...
, which managed a successor fund to LTCM. Since then, he has been involved in a variety of activities, including consulting and board assignments, becoming a
name
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at
Lloyd's of London and learning how to fly an airplane. Most recently, he has been conducting research into asset allocation and low cost wealth management strategies. Elm Partners was founded in 2011 to put those ideas into practice.
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References
Living people
Alumni of the London School of Economics
American people of Iranian-Jewish descent
Long-Term Capital Management
Year of birth missing (living people)
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