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Jacob H Schmidt is the founder and CEO of Schmidt Research Partners Limited. He is an international financial markets expert and global hedge fund consultant, having worked in global financial markets for over 16 years.He is also a director of SFP-International Ltd., an international training and consulting firm with clients in Asia, Europe and the USA (1998-now).

Co-founder and former director of hedge fund rating and research firm Allenbridge Hedgeinfo (2000-2005). Prior to that he worked for Citibank London (1994-1996), Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette (1996-1998) and having started his career at Creditanstalt-Bankverein in Vienna (1990-1994).

He read law at the University of Graz (1982-1984) and Economics at the University of Economics and Business Administration in Vienna (1984-1990). PhD (Finance) candidate at the University of Graz (2008-2012/3).

Since 2001 he has been a regular guest on financial news programs (BBC, Bloomberg US, UK, Germany and CH), CNBC Asia, CNBC Europe) and speaker on international financial markets conferences.

He has been a member (adjunct professor) of Webster University's international faculty (School of Business and Technology) since 1999 (Vienna 1999, London 2002) teaching and researching finance and capital markets. Particular Research Interest: Alternative Investments - Credit Derivatives - Emerging Markets - International Finance - Investment Returns - Rating and Research Impact on Investment Decisions - Portfolio Theory - Trading