Gnomon Alpha LLC

Gnomon Alpha LLC leverages deep market expertise alongside robust research and quantitative skills to develop diversified portfolios across a wide range of liquid future markets. Our goal is to generate returns that are uncorrelated not only from traditional asset classes but also from other global macro managers. We achieve this by using practical proprietary models to precisely manage targeted risk levels across a wide range of liquid future markets, to consistently deliver superior returns over time.

Jay Feuerstein | CEO/CIO

Mr. Feuerstein has over 30 years of experience in managed futures, most notably as the Founder and CEO of Xenon Capital Management (“Xenon”). Xenon was seeded by Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) in 2001 and grew to approximately $1 billion in AUM under his leadership. Ultimately, Xenon was acquired by Manning & Napier (“M&N”) in 2014. Mr. Feuerstein was appointed Managing Director of Alternative Investments for M&N’s $54 billion asset management unit, including a portfolio of $1 billion in managed futures. From 1987 to 2001, Mr. Feuerstein traded landmark positions in complex portfolio engineering and managed futures arbitrage, risk management, and hedging trades at Drexel Burnham Lambert, Lehman Brothers, and Bear Stearns. Mr. Feuerstein has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg News, and ABC News. He has also been a guest speaker at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, Columbia Business School, Duke Fuqua Graduate School of Business, and Northwestern University Graduate School of Business and has been published in the Journal of Trading, the Journal of Futures Markets, Business Insider, Futures magazine, and Modern Trader magazine. Mr. Feuerstein was named Futures Magazine’s Top Trader in 2008 (+43% FY 2008), was a Hedge Fund Magazine Pinnacle Awards finalist four times, and won the performance award from IAIR Magazine as the top U.S. Managed Futures strategy for 2011 and 2012. Gnomon Alpha has continued the tradition of award-winning performance, earning the HFM nomination as the best new comer (2021) and best CTA under $1 billion in AUM (2023) in the systematic global macro space. Mr. Feuerstein earned his MBA in finance from the University of Chicago and his BS from the University of Illinois.

Matthew Gray | President & Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Gray is the President and Chief Operations Officer of Gnomon Alpha and Co-Founder DFG. He is responsible for the operational direction of the firm and has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. From 1992 to 2014, while at G Bar Limited Partnership (“G Bar”), Mr. Gray was a Floor Trader on the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE) and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), trading proprietary capital in equity options, equity index options, and bond options. He was responsible for risk management as well as recruitment, training, and supervision of over 80 traders. Mr. Gray started as a floor trader and ultimately was named President of G Bar Management Corp, G Bar’s general partner. Previously, he held FINRA Series 14, 24, and 56 registrations. G Bar provided the seed capital for OptionsXpress, which went public and was acquired by Schwab in 2011. Mr. Gray is a Principal at G Bar Ventures LLC, a large Chicago-based Family Office with investments in Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Venture, and Real Estate funds, as well as direct investments in operating companies. Earlier in his career, he was a Member of the CBOE, where he sat on the Membership, Exemptions, and Arbitration committees, and was also a Member of the CBOT. Mr. Gray is a member of YPO Gold, a past member of YPO’s Chicago Chapter, and a former Board Member of Lurie Children’s Hospital. Mr. Gray graduated from Washington University with a joint BS/MBA in Mechanical Engineering and Finance and Operations.

Matthew Rawlings | Marketing & Investor Relations

Mr. Rawlings is the Head of Marketing & Investor Relations at Gnomon Alpha. Before joining the firm, he was a Partner and Head of Marketing & Investor Relations of Brightlight Capital (“Brightlight”). At Brightlight he grew the portfolio from $13 million in AUM to over $250 million in less than four years. Prior to Brightlight, Mr. Rawlings was a director at James Alpha Management, LLC, a large family office specializing in the seeding, launching, and distribution of hedge funds, where he was responsible for marketing and sales activities across all channels for the firm’s alternative investment products as well as firm-wide operational assistance and support. Previously, Mr. Rawlings was a Vice President Senior Product Specialist for FrontPoint, the alternative investment division of Morgan Stanley, focusing on Healthcare, Financial Services, and Utility and Energy hedge funds. Born and raised in England, Mr. Rawlings received his BS in Economics (with honors) from Fordham University, where he graduated first in his class in his major field of study, and was FINRA Series 3, 7, and 63 registered.