Alessandra Poles is a Senior Analyst in the Alternative Investment Strategies Team at abrdn and is primarily responsible for research on fixed income and volatility hedge fund strategies. Alessandra joined the Company in 2012, after having worked at Tarchon Capital Management as an investment analyst covering global macro, fixed income and commodity hedge fund strategies. Prior to this, Alessandra worked as an analyst in prime brokerage sales at Goldman Sachs for two years. Alessandra graduated with an M.Sc. in Global Management and Markets from the Libera Università di Bolzano/Freie Universitaet Bozen /