Navigating Volatility: Insights for Asset Owners & Managers
We'll explore tail-risk & alpha-generating hedging structures, optimize portfolio management, and apply strategic risk management. Discover how to leverage Bloomberg to enhance your workflow, decompose risk with derivatives solutions, and unlock opportunities in structured products and hybrid FX and equity.
Speakers
Gaurav Kapoor
Market Specialist - Derivatives & Risk
Bloomberg
Gaurav specializes in X-asset derivatives pricing and risk management at Bloomberg and leads the structured products strategy for the APAC region.
Prior to joining Bloomberg, he has worked in the corporate and investment banking industry across Asia & Europe including specializing in structuring of complex derivative products. He is passionate about quantitative finance and risk management, with a keen interest in application of machine learning techniques in finance.
He holds a Bachelor of Engineering and MBA (Finance) from the M.S. University of Baroda. Gaurav has also been awarded the Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF) and is a Financial Risk Manager (FRM).
Shantanu Basu
Buyside Risk Enterprise Sales
Bloomberg
Shantanu Basu advises the buyside in ASEAN and Australia on Market and Counterparty Risk Management. Prior to his role at Bloomberg, Shantanu worked as an FICC structurer at RBS and ABN AMRO Bank in Hong Kong and Singapore. He has a Masters Degree from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Columbia University.
Soujit Ghosh
APAC Lead for Equity Derivatives
Bloomberg
Soujit Ghosh is the APAC Lead for Equity Derivatives as part of the Bloomberg Market Specialist Team, leading the development, promotion, and strategy of multi-asset solutions—spanning Equities, ETFs, and Digital Assets. Based in Sydney since 2023, he previously worked in Bloomberg’s Hong Kong office after joining the company in 2021. Before Bloomberg, Soujit spent over two decades as an Equity Derivatives Trader across major financial centres including London, Hong Kong, and Seoul. He held senior trading roles at firms such as JPMorgan and Nomura, and began his career at Goldman Sachs in London. Soujit holds a BA and MEng in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge and a Master’s degree in Statistics from Harvard University.