Oh, Canada!

The masters of risk budgeting at Ontario Teachers’ have joined the ranks of the biggest hedge fund investors -- and taken the hunt for alpha into their own hands.

Robert Bertram, an avowed trivia buff, likes to test his wits before breakfast. Every weekday morning, he shows up at the Timothy’s World Coffee on the ground floor of his Toronto office tower at 7:00 sharp, when the doors open, because the first seven customers who correctly answer that day’s trivia question win a coupon for free coffee.

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