Data Science and Investing in India
In this session, we cover the hows and whys of data science in investment, and dive into some trends and concepts around three different quant strategies. Whether you're looking to incorporate data science into your investment process or simply want to understand more about quant investment strategies-please join us. Discussion topics
- What is data science? Can data science improve the investment process?
- What are the risks? What is the required skillset?
- 3 Quant strategies: Quantamental (Factor) Investing | Equity Market Neutral Strategies | Managed Futures Strategies
Speakers
Rishi Kohli
Managing Director and CIO - Quant Strategies
Avendus Capital
Rishi is Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer for Quant Strategies at Avendus Capital Public Markets Alternate Strategies and is based in Mumbai. He brings with him 20 years of rich experience in the Indian capital markets. He, along with his team, is responsible for creating differentiated long-short strategies with strong risk-adjusted returns for the Indian markets using their quant expertise and extensive experience. Prior to joining Avendus, Rishi was the CEO and CIO of ProAlpha Capital, the India arm of Monsoon Capital, for more than 13 years where he was responsible for the overall management of the firm’s public equities investment strategies which led to multiple global awards since 2012 including one of the managed futures strategies being ranked in the Top 10 funds globally in its category in 2020. He started his career as a derivative researcher at ICICI Securities, before joining SSKI Securities where he set up and headed the institutional equity derivatives desk. Among his many professional achievements, Rishi is credited with starting one of the first quantitative hedge fund businesses in India, back in 2007. He holds an MBA degree from IIM, Lucknow and is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur.
Nikin Raval
Asia Equities Workflow Specialist
Bloomberg L.P.
Nikin is an Equity Market Specialist for S.E. Asia specializing in Equity Derivatives. He joined Bloomberg In August 2019. Nikin works with the Sales and Product Teams at Bloomberg to help clients fully exploit the Bloomberg Offering in the Equity and Derivatives space. He also works with the Sales teams to provide solutions needed to address the complex needs of clients.
Nikin trains clients in the Bloomberg Product Suite as well as guiding them towards the most suitable product or function for them. Nikin has a decade of Equity Derivatives Trading Experience at Barclays in London and Maybank in Kuala Lumpur. He has a Bachelors's and Masters in Economics from Cambridge University, UK.