Company
About Kalfa Beyo
Our Story
Two Disciplines. One Conviction.
Two professionals from opposite ends of finance — one from the academic world of international institutions (IMF, World Bank, Fordham University), the other from the technology world (Microsoft, NovaSBE) — came together around a shared conviction: that investment decisions should be driven by data and discipline, not intuition and emotion.
Turkey's asset management landscape is dominated by traditional discretionary firms. Quantitative methods exist globally but remain inaccessible or opaque in the local market. Kalfa Beyo was founded to change that — designing systematic, transparent, risk-controlled equity exposure for investors who demand more than gut instinct.
Mission
To design and deploy high-performance, data-driven investment systems that deliver consistent, risk-adjusted returns across market regimes.
Vision
To evolve into a globally recognized quantitative asset management firm, managing multi-strategy funds and institutional capital through proprietary models and infrastructure.
What We Stand For
Systematic
Decisions flow from models, not opinions. Repeatable. Auditable.
Risk-First
Drawdown control, volatility targeting, and position limits are embedded in the process — not bolted on.
Hybrid
Quantitative models inform. Human analysts confirm. Neither alone.
Research-Rooted
Built on established academic research and modern quantitative finance methods. Not marketing narratives.
Partnership-Native
KB builds funds; licensed partners distribute them. This is the model by design, not a workaround.
Our Team
Dr. S. Yanki Kalfa
Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer
Professor of Finance at Fordham University with decades of experience in quantitative economics and financial modeling. Former economist at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. PhD from UC San Diego.
B. Jeffrey Beyo
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Software engineer and financial markets specialist. Former Microsoft, with an MSc in Financial Markets & Risk Management from Nova School of Business and Economics and a Computer Engineering degree from Galatasaray University.
The Partnership Model
KB Builds. Partners Distribute.
Kalfa Beyo designs and operates quantitative investment funds. Licensed portfolio management companies distribute them under their regulatory license. This structure lets KB focus on what it does best — research, modeling, and execution — while partners handle distribution and regulatory compliance.