John Brynjolfsson and Tim Alford have joined James Alpha Advisors, in order to continue serving as portfolio managers of the James Alpha Global Enhanced Real Return Fund (GRRIX). Their moves follow the winding down of Armored Wolf - the company founded by Brynjolfsson - which includes the transition of the corporate and operational aspects of the GRRIX fund to James Alpha. The fund includes an allocation to catastrophe bonds and ILS. 

Before founding Armored Wolf, Brynjolfsson was md at PIMCO, specialising in asset allocation, risk management, global macro investing and managing alternative real assets, including event-linked catastrophe bonds.

Alford was previously md at Armored Wolf. Prior to that, he was portfolio manager, head trader and a member of the investment committee at Clarium Capital Management. His areas of expertise include risk management, securities trading and investing across multiple asset classes.