Brennan Basnicki, CFA, CMT

Partner, Auspice Capital Advisors

Brennan is a Partner and Product Specialist at Auspice. He was previously Director at Campbell and Co, a $5bn systematic Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) fund manager, and Investment Officer at the Teachers’ Retirement System of Illinois (TRSIL), a $45bn teachers’ pension plan. At TRSIL Brennan managed a $6bn external hedge fund portfolio and led the Teachers’ first investments into trend-following CTAs, the largest allocation within the Hedge Fund portfolio. Prior to joining TRSIL, Brennan was a Proprietary Trader in Toronto.

Brennan earned his Bachelors of Arts in Political Sciences at the University of Western Ontario, and a Master of Science, with distinction, in Investment Analysis, from the University of Stirling, Scotland. Brennan holds the CFA, CMT, and CAIA charters, and completed the SCR certificate offered by GARP. He is also Director for the Canadian National Day of Service Foundation. An outdoor enthusiast, his spare time is spent kitesurfing, skiing, and paddle-boarding.

Video Archive Contributions
June 29, 2022
The Institutional Use of Technical Strategies
Presenter(s): Brennan Basnicki, CFA, CMT