About Us

Our Approach

Soundwatch Capital is an SEC Registered Investment Advisor headquartered on the Long Island Sound in Rowayton, Connecticut. Leveraging the options expertise of our portfolio management team, we are bringing to market a suite of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that provide an alternative to traditional strategic and tactical asset allocation investment strategies.

Our proprietary rules-based BUY, HOLD & HEDGE™ strategy in our Hedged Equity ETF systematically selects option strikes, maturities, and trade dates based upon several measurable market factors. Through the use of options, the Fund intends to reduce the downside risk inherent in equity investments while generating long-term equity returns in line with the benchmark index.

Our Team

Robert Hammer

Robert Hammer

Chief Investment Officer

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Robert Hammer

Chief Investment Officer

Before Co-Founding Soundwatch Capital LLC, Robert worked for more than 20 years in structuring and managing derivative investments and teams for Global Banks in London, Paris, Tokyo, and New York. Most recently, he was Managing Director and Head of Equities and Equity Derivatives at RBS Americas. Before returning to the US, Robert worked from 1999 to 2009 for ABN AMRO and RBS in London as a Managing Director of Equity Derivatives Trading, where he helped build their Global Investor Products business into a global leader in exchange listed option based products. Previously, Robert had worked for Bankers Trust in Equity Derivatives Trading and Societe Generale in Fixed Income, Currency and Commodity Derivatives Structuring. He has a BS from University of Delaware and an MBA from Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jan Bos

Jan Bos

Chief Investment Strategist

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Jan Bos

Chief Investment Strategist

Before Co-Founding Soundwatch Capital LLC, Jan worked for more than 30 years building and managing investment products and teams at Financial Institutions in Amsterdam, London and New York. Jan started ABN AMRO Equity Derivatives with 2 other colleagues in Amsterdam in 1992, helping to build it into a globally recognized multi-billion dollar derivatives business as Managing Director and Head of Dutch and US markets. He Co-Founded Volteq Capital in 2002, an Investment Company managing a hedged equity fund and a volatility fund. He also worked as an advisor for ABN AMRO, Milliman and a Dutch public housing association, restructuring their multi-billion loan and derivatives portfolio. Jan has an MBA from RSM Erasmus University in the Netherlands and Masters in Physics from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.