Gary Chropuvka on Financial Engineering (Podcast)

Masters in Business

Bloomberg

Business, Entrepreneurship, Investing

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🗓️ 26 March 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Gary Chropuvka, who recently joined the quantitative asset management firm WorldQuant as president. He was previously the co-head of the quantitative investment strategies team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

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0:00.0	This is Mesters in Business with Barry Reynolds on Bloomberg Radio.
0:09.6	This week on the podcast I have a special guest.
0:12.9	His name is Gary Kropovka.
0:14.7	He's the president of World Quant, a highly regarded quantitative investment firm.
0:22.3	Gary has a fascinating background, really insightful.
0:27.0	Many years at GCM at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he was co-head of the quantitative
0:34.0	investment strategies team.
0:36.6	GCM runs a ton of capital.
0:40.1	And last year he moved over to World Quant, which in and of itself was spun out from Millennium
0:47.9	Management in 2007.
0:49.9	Millennium Management is another giant quantitative hedge fund and World Quant runs a nice
0:58.2	lug of capital for them.
1:00.8	As innovative as so many different quantitative approaches are, World Quant is really stands
1:07.2	out.
1:08.2	They're an unusual shop.
1:10.0	They do a lot of really interesting things.
1:12.2	They're read led by a very kind of classic and brilliant founder and CEO.
1:20.2	And really this is just a very intriguing and fascinating conversation.
1:25.4	If you are at all interested in quantitative investing, understanding one of the key drivers
1:33.8	of markets today, or just to get a sense of what people with advanced computer and mathematical
1:40.7	degrees think about the financial engineering that's taking place in the markets these
1:46.6	days, you're going to find this to be a fascinating conversation.
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