Michael Green

Michael Green is Portfolio Manager and Chief Strategist at Simplify Asset Management Inc., a leading provider of options-based Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). At Simplify, he directs research and strategy development, focusing on innovative solutions for complex portfolio challenges with a core emphasis on options and derivatives within ETF structures. His responsibilities include managing client portfolios, driving product development, and interpreting macroeconomic trends for institutional and retail investors.

Green specializes in market structure analysis, particularly the impact of the transition from active to passive investing, and the use of derivatives and systematic strategies in various asset classes. His investment expertise spans global macro strategies, equity, credit, foreign exchange, commodities, and derivative markets. He is recognized for his proprietary research presented to major global institutions, and for his influential commentary on portfolio risk management and passive investing’s effects on price discovery.

Prior to joining Simplify in 2021, Green held senior roles managing multi-asset portfolios at Logica Capital Advisers, Thiel Macro, Ice Farm Capital, and Canyon Partners. He holds a degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a CFA charterholder. Green has been cited for significant achievements, including his early identification of structural mispricings in volatility-linked products and his thought leadership on macroeconomic and regulatory dynamics shaping asset management.