University of Uncertainty

Founder

Bloomberg LP

FX & Commodities Derivatives Business Manager

FX Derivatives Business Manager

Financial Engineer Team Leader

UBS Investment Bank

Rates & FX Product Valuations

Morgan Stanley

FX Hybrids Trader

Barclays Capital

FX Long Dated Trader

Rates Quant Analyst

I'm Nuno, and at age 46, I've decided to terminate my *serious career*.

Why?

I love learning. I love working. I love creating *meaningful* value.

But the world got to a point where NONE of this is truly possible within the prevailing systems.

The root problem?

>>The dominant THINKING paradigm!


I found this sentiment is shared by many who have a sense of URGENCY that we must go BEYOND the *Data-driven*, *Bayesian-driven*, *Scientism-driven* and *Optimization-driven* understanding of the world.

That includes:

1/ AI SCIENTISTS who are seeking innovative ways of thinking to make sense of the world (...beyond the *Bayesian-driven* approach)

2/ MISFIT THINKERS who crave to explore the subjective, emergent dimensions of reality (...beyond the *Data-driven* paradigm)

3/ PORTFOLIO MANAGERS who are looking for unconventional ways to navigate market uncertainty (...beyond the *Optimization-driven* tactics)

4/ INSATIABLY CURIOUS QUANTS who want a deeper understanding of both risk and uncertainty (...beyond the *Scientism-driven* models)

5/ LEGACY-DRIVEN ENTREPRENEURS who want to build products addressing today's crises (...beyond the *Tech-driven* shiny objects)

6/ COACHES DISILLUSIONED WITH THEIR INDUSTRY who seek transformative frameworks of personal growth (...beyond the *Mechanistic-driven* goal setting)

>>Does ANY of these DEEPLY resonate with you?

Nuno Reis, PhD

Alpha Rho Technologies LLC

Performance, innovation, and passion define Alpha Rho Technologies (ART) as a company. 

Our team engineers, develops, and optimizes investing strategies which combine the precision of state-of-the-art technology with human foresight to grow and protect client wealth over the long term.

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (The CISI)

Member

- Developed a systematic investing strategy, which involves optimizing the TAA of the portfolio using a proprietary portfolio optimizer algorithm, which is fed data from a custom made market-cycle indicator.

- Tailored the strategic asset allocation (SAA) of the portfolio to efficiently meet clients risk profile.

Audited Equity and Derivatives portfolio performance (04/21 - 10/2022): 
-	Cumulative Return: 36.76% vs -20% S&P 500
-	Sharpe Ratio: 1.85 vs -0.24 S&P 500
-	Sortino Ratio: 5.6 vs -0.32 S&P 500 
-	Max drawdown: 3.07% vs 22.50% S&P 500

Audited track-record and AUM available upon request.

Long/short Portfolio Manager

BlueWalker Capital

Research Collaborator

ESFS | Esade Student Finance Society

ESADE Student Finance Society is the only finance society at ESADE Business & Law School. ESFS aims to give its members the opportunity to gain a competitive edge in the financial industry through the organization of events, workshops, lectures and competitions.

MBHA Group

Backtested and quantified the impact of hedging upside EUR/TRY exchange rate risk

Engineered and executed the hedging strategy through a combination of future contracts of varying maturities.

FX Hedging Advisor

Quadriga Asset Managers

Mutistrategy hedge fund Intern at Rho Investments fund:
- Collaborated in the creation a US Macro model to quantify the delta of the fund with respect to different macro scenarios
- Engineered and presented various trading ideas to the Fund CEO and CIO
- Attended meetings with Investor relations & sell side equity research analysts regarding European Equities

Bloomberg Ticker: RHOSIFA LX

Analyst

EPHA - EUROPART HISPANO ALEMANA, S.A.

3 Months internship, where I got to work in the diffrent departments of the business.

Internship

The financial world caught Manuel's attention in 2019 when he was just 18. 

During this time, an early misstep during the COVID-19 market crash wiped out his savings, this setback became a turning point. Rather than dwelling on the loss, he channelled his remaining resources into financial education. The outcome? Two Level 5 financial certifications, a graduation with honors from ESADE University with distinctions in all finance-centric subjects, and an esteemed membership within the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (CISI).

His learning was initially combined with the practical experience and responsibility of handling investments for close friends and family, working alongside seasoned private bankers. During his work at Quadriga Asset Management's hedge fund, he correctly predicted the 2022 equity and bond downturn, safeguarding his clients' investments. This feat catapulted his assets under management (AUM) from 10k€ to seven figures.

Identifying a technological deficit in asset management, at age 21, Manuel founded Alpha Rho Technologies LLC. His vision? To lead the technological revolution in the asset management industry.

Manuel Ritsch, MCSI

What is impossible?


May 5th 2025 was an all-time low: -20% Drawdown.

Morningstar downgraded the fund to 1/5 stars... 

Recovery seemed impossible. The fund was on the brink of foreclosure.

I took the challenge: From 1 star to 5 stars rating.

On that very day, I began advising the fund, integrating Alpha Rho Technologies LLC’s AI-driven analysts into the investment strategy.

Since then:
▪️ Share price has risen from €106 to €117.
▪️ Seed investors and early shareholders have gained €300,000+
▪️ Assets under management went from 600K to nearly 4M€.
▪️ Financial Times ranks the fund in the top quartile globally across 1-month, 3-month, and 6-month returns within its category.

This is one of the most competitive industries on the planet.

Competitors have unlimited resources. The best talent money can buy.

And yet— A 24-year-old is now ranking consistently in the top quartile...

This is the trillion-dollar disruption no one saw coming.

Follow me on this challenge. From nothing to something!

Manuel Ritsch

Alpha Rho Technologies Founder | Next-Gen Quantitative Strategies

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