Greg Coffey

Greg Coffey became known as "The Wizard of Oz" in hedge fund circles for his exceptional emerging market trading results at GLG Partners, where he managed the EM macro book to extraordinary returns. He then moved to Moore Capital Management, another top-tier macro firm. He subsequently retired, then launched Kirkoswald Asset Management in 2018 after coming out of retirement to trade again. Coffey specializes in emerging market macro — currencies, commodities, and rates in developing market economies — drawing on his deep knowledge of Asian and Latin American markets. His career demonstrates the unusual demand for genuinely exceptional traders who can generate consistent alpha in complex, less-liquid emerging market environments. His return to active management after retirement underscored the rarity of his particular skill set, and Kirkoswald quickly attracted capital from institutional allocators who had tracked his earlier career.