Safeguarding Alpha: Governance & Retention in Acqui-Hire vs. Full Buy-Out
May 24, 2025
by a searcher from Maastricht University - School of Business and Economics in Fribourg, Switzerland
Beyond pure performance statistics, HFC GmbH assesses each trading system’s organisational resilience — team turnover, IP ownership, compliance culture. For search-fund CEOs who have weighed “acqui-hire plus IP-licence” plays versus outright acquisition of niche quant boutiques, how did you structure governance and retention packages to protect know-how during the fragile first 24 months, and what KPIs signalled that technical talent and strategy alpha were truly portable?