Before forming Trigon Investment Advisors, LLC, Mr. Basic co-founded Global Capital Markets Strategies, a commodity trading advisory firm. In 2000, Mr. Basic joined the MLC family of funds as a Managing Director and co-founded the firm with its portfolio manager. He graduated from Brooklyn College with a B.S. in business and New York University with an M.S. in global affairs. After gaining extensive experience in the financial services industry, Mr. Basic went on to co-found Trigon with a former portfolio manager at the MLC family.
Trigon has three primary investment strategies. Their Fundamental Strategy uses quantitative and fundamental analysis to make investment decisions. It also trades in commodities and the OTC market. It also uses a quantitative strategy, called Opportunistic Strategy, to identify profitable investment themes and take advantage of short-term and medium-term price movements. The Opportunistic Strategy utilizes fundamental global macro investment techniques to identify opportunities in currency markets. These strategies can provide investors with positive returns while avoiding negative correlations with other markets.
The firm operates as a Delaware limited liability company. The company manages $42 million in regulatory assets for 1 client account. Its assets under management have decreased -22% since its founding. The company has nine employees and has no registered investment adviser representatives. The firm has been in business for 19 years, five months, and 26 days. The firm’s portfolios consist of mutual funds and commodity trading. The firm also employs researchers and other staff.