Lars Jaeger (7 August 1969 – 21 June 2024)[1] was a Swiss-German author, entrepreneur, financial theorist, and alternative investment manager.
He published on the history and philosophy of science, technology, and has in the past been an author on hedge funds, quantitative investing, and risk management.
In his widely read blog as well as other media he frequently wrote on issues concerning scientific developments, new technologies, and their meaning for society.
His next book "Supermacht Wissenschaften" ("Superpower Science", 2017, again in German) outlines scenarios of mankind's technological future.
His 2019 book "Mehr Zukunft wagen" (Daring more future", 2019, in German) is a confrontation with the impending technological upheavals that lead to what Jaeger calls “The Human Crisis”.
Jaeger has for many years been an influential voice in the hedge fund industry on fostering developments towards more transparency, liquidity, and cost efficiency.
Jaeger frequently commented in print, online, and on television on financial issues, particularly around hedge funds, their return sources and risk management for alternative investment strategies.
In 2003, based on his investment experience as well as his academic research on hedge funds return sources, he (jointly with Bill Fung and David Hsieh) coined the term alternative beta [12] identifying this as the most important component of hedge fund returns (increasingly referred to "alternative risk premia" today).
[21] His 2019 book "Mehr Zukunft wagen" (Daring more future", 2019, in German) is a confrontation with the impending technological upheavals that lead to what Jaeger calls “The Human Crisis”.