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Stig Ostgaard - Managing Partner, Trading & Research
Stig is responsible for research and development of internal trading strategies and overseeing trading operations for Last Atlantis Capital Management. His responsibilities also include evaluation and monitoring of outside managers for existing and proposed Share Classes. He has over 25 years of experience in the alternative investment industry.
Formerly, Stig was Chief Executive Officer of Sjo, Inc. He was the main designer and manager of the original Sjo trading system and the research efforts of the firm. He also supervised a staff of 25 employees including a staff of 10 traders operating a 24-hour trading desk. As Sjo's head trader, Stig was responsible for managing the firm's futures trading strategies. After becoming one of the first CTA entrants into Australia, Sjo quickly became one of that market's major traders in bank bills. The firm was also a pioneer in developing a global managed futures interest rate program.
During Stig's tenure at Sjo, he led the firm to a one and a half percent (1.5%) market share of the managed futures industry. In 1988, his trading programs made the Sjo Fund the #1 performing managed futures fund of the year. In 1991, he was selected by Business Week magazine as the "Commodities Trader of the Year". Stig has also written numerous articles for industry publications.
Prior to his position at Sjo, Inc., Stig traded a sizable futures portfolio on behalf of a well-known Chicago commodity trader in a program that became popularized as the "Turtle Trading Program".
In 1989, the Wall Street Journal ranked Stig as the highest performing Turtle. Stig has an MBA in Finance from Northern Illinois University where he has lectured in the School of Business Finance Department. He also holds a Series 3 license.