The HIP Team has extensive and complementary experience – collectively, we have over 50 years of experience in alternative investments.
Unique Network | Uncover Interesting Ideas | Pursue Compelling Opportunities | Deliver to Investors
Founder & Chief Investment Officer
Partner & Chief Operating Officer
Founder & Chief Investment Officer
Partner & Chief Operating Officer
Partner, Senior Advisor
We’re Curious about finding opportunities in corners of the market.
We’re Passionate about pursuing compelling niche market opportunities.
We’re Partners to each other and to our investors. We collaborate and structure our ideas most effectively for our investors. We invest in every opportunity and on the same terms as our investors.
We’re Accountable – our hallmark investing approach of detailing our Thesis, Timeline and Key Risks for each strategy requires that we be transparent and intellectually honest with ourselves and our investors.
Our liquid strategy that invests in the commodities that pave the way to a NetZero economy.
Please email our Investor Relations Team at: info@hip.investments
Our liquid futures strategy that invests in the metals that renewable energy systems require.
At HIP, ideas are important. We value a partnership approach – we are always looking for ways to share ideas and provide useful information to our investors and friends. Below is sampling of content from HIP and from other thought leaders which we found insightful.
Demand for copper will double by 2035, opening up a supply gap that threatens climate goals and poses serious challenges to the Net-Zero Emissions by 2050.
Robert Friedland, Founder & Executive Co-Chairman, Ivanhoe Mines
Investing In Commodities To Diversify Portfolios with Tom Holliday on Apple Podcasts
A discussion of the European LNG market with Rob West, CEO of Thunder Said Energy
HIP investments currently has no openings.
HIP investments is always looking for uniquely talented individuals with the skills and character to help move us forward.
Current Openings:
Quantitative Analyst Internship
Founder
Mr. Holliday is a veteran of the alternative investment industry with over 32 years of experience in sourcing investment opportunities, performing detailed due diligence and investment analysis, and carefully constructing portfolios for institutional investors.
Prior to starting HIP Investments, Tom was Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer for 19 years at Titan Advisors, LLC, a multibillion-dollar hedge fund allocator and fund of hedge funds. In addition to managing the global research team and investment committee, Tom was the architect of Titan’s investment process as well as its proprietary portfolio management, risk, and attribution systems. As CIO, Tom focused on investing in emerging managers – Titan successfully invested in over 150 emerging managers during his tenure – including Titan’s macro investments in commodity-focused strategies.
Prior to Titan, Tom was responsible for manager evaluation and recommendations at Soros Fund Management, LLC (“SFM”). He was on a small team that worked closely with Mr. Soros and an investment committee to allocate billions to external hedge fund managers during SFM’s transition to the Quantum Endowment Fund in the early 2000’s. Tom began his career trading agricultural commodities in the late 1980’s.
Over the last 30+ years Mr. Holliday has reviewed thousands of alternative investment managers and invested with Commodity Trading Advisors and hundreds of hedge funds across all strategies.
Partner & Chief Operating Officer
Ms. Paddon is a Partner and the Chief Operating Officer of HIP Investments. In this role, Melanie is responsible for all operational aspects of the firm and its investment portfolios. She also oversees finance, human resources, compliance, and investor relations.
Prior to relocating to Nashville and joining HIP, Melanie was a Managing Director and Head of Client Services at Perella Weinberg Partners where she was responsible for investor relations operations for their entire $15B alternative investments platform. Melanie has also held similar roles at Nephila Advisors, The D.E. Shaw Group and Tribeca Global Management, Citigroup Alternatives.
Melanie earned her B.A. cum laude from Wellesley College and a M.Ed. from Harvard University.
Melanie resides in Nashville with her husband, James, and their two sons.
