Deputy CIO and Head of Portfolio Construction, Polar Asset Management Partners
Mike Beaton, CFA
Deputy CIO and Head of Portfolio Construction
Mike Beaton is Head of Portfolio Construction at Polar Asset Management Partners and works within the Office of the CIO where he is responsible for a range of portfolio and strategy-level analysis and initiatives, ranging from the incubation of new strategies and portfolio manager development to portfolio efficiency efforts. Mr. Beaton joined Polar in 2016 as a Portfolio Manager and developed a systematic trend-following strategy and also spent time working within the Fixed Income team. Prior to Polar, Mr. Beaton was at The Carlyle Group, formerly Diversified Global Asset Management Group (from 2012-2016), most recently as a Managing Director (2015-2016) where he was responsible for liquid systematic strategies. Prior to Carlyle, he was a Partner at Breton Hill Capital and traded for the quant macro fund from 2010-2012. Mr. Beaton graduated with a B.Sc with Honors in Math and Economics from Queen’s University in 2001 and earned his M.Sc in Math Finance from the University of Toronto in 2004. Mr. Beaton is a CFA® Charterholder, having earned the designation in 2006.