Troy Gayeski
Troy Gayeski is the Chief Market Strategist for FS Investments, a global alternative asset manager. In his role, he is responsible for research generation, positioning and conveying the FS Investments suite of alternative investments, and enhancing and expanding the current product suite. Gayeski has a wealth of experience in the alternative asset management space. Prior to FS Investments, he was Partner, Co-Chief Investment Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager at SkyBridge Capital, where he oversaw all the firm's investment activities, managed the firm's discretionary fund of hedge fund portfolios and served as a member of the Portfolio Allocation and Real Estate Investment Committees. Before that, he was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Citigroup Alternative Investment, as well as a Portfolio Manager and Senior Hedge Fund Analyst at Bank of America and Yankee Advisors.
Troy Gayeski Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chief Market Strategist
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Partner, Co-Chief Investment Officer, and Senior Portfolio Manager
Academic History
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B.S., Chemical Engineering
Gayeski has spearheaded “The Time for Alts is Now” and “Roll up the Capital Structure” campaigns.
He also developed the “Galactic Mean Reversion” macro thesis for explaining the current challenging environment for equity and fixed income returns.
He works closely with the sales and distribution teams on financial advisor education on the power of “northwest quadrant of the efficient frontier strategies” and timely allocation enhancements.
He also helps drive the branding and messaging for the firm, alongside the marketing, client service and PR teams, to better educate the marketplace on the mission to democratize alternatives.
He had oversight of the firm’s discretionary portfolios (SkyBridge Multi-Advisor Hedge Fund Portfolios – Series G, SkyBridge G II and Legion Strategies) and institutional separate accounts.
His responsibilities included portfolio management, manager sourcing, research, and due diligence across a wide variety of strategies.
He was also responsible for idea generation, due diligence, portfolio construction, development and implementation of the macro framework, and client presentation.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Gayeski has spent over a decade as a contributor on Bloomberg, Forbes, Yahoo! Finance and CNBC.
He also provides frequent market commentary to Reuters, Bloomberg, Financial Times and other news outlets.
He also presents at numerous financial conferences and wealth management events discussing the economic outlook, capital market conditions and the importance of embracing the “right” alternatives in asset allocation.