Harin de Silva of Wells Fargo Asset Management - The Role of Big Data in Quantitative Investing
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Guest:Portfolio Manager
In today’s episode, Rusty and Robyn talk with Harin de Silva, Portfolio Manager for the Analytics Investors Group at Wells Fargo Asset Management.
Harin's focus as a portfolio manager is on equities and factor-based asset allocation strategies. He is also regarded as one of the top quantitative managers in the US and has received the prestigious Graham and Dodd Award of Excellence for his research. Before joining Wells Fargo, Harin also provided economic research services to investors through the Analysis Group, Inc.
Harin talks with Rusty and Robyn about factor-based investing, long/short funds, perspectives on risk analysis, and incorporating big data in investing.
"Our role as quantitative investors is to take what people are doing from a fundamental standpoint and then apply that systematically across a wide range of stocks. And technology is what allows us to do that." ~ Harin de Silva
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