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Masters in Business

Harin de Silva on Portfolio Management (Podcast)

Masters in Business

Bloomberg

Business, Entrepreneurship, Investing

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Harindra (Harin) de Silva, a portfolio manager and team lead for the Analytic Investors team at Wells Fargo Asset Management, which has $603 billion in assets under management. He was previously a principal at Analysis Group Inc., and holds a doctorate in finance from the University of California, Irvine.

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0:00.0

This is Mesters in Business with Barry Reynolds on Bloomberg Radio.

0:08.3

My special guest this week is Harin De Silva.

0:11.1

He is a fascinating quant, a pioneer in low-vow and factor-based investing.

0:18.4

He runs the analytic investors group at Wells Fargo asset management.

0:23.0

His team runs over $20 billion in an assortment of quantitative strategies and really just a fascinating

0:31.9

guy who has spent a lot of time studying factors, studying quantitative investing, thinking

0:39.8

about what does and doesn't work and when and why.

0:45.2

I find a lot of quants tend to be a little more singularly focused and he's a pretty broad-based

0:54.0

holistic sort of guy.

0:56.1

He's quite a fascinating background and really interesting set of hobbies.

1:02.1

So with no further ado, my conversation with Wells Fargo's Harin De Silva.

1:10.4

This is Mesters in Business with Barry Reynolds on Bloomberg Radio.

1:17.6

My special guest this week is Harin De Silva.

1:20.5

He is a leader and portfolio manager at the analytic investors group of Wells Fargo asset

1:27.3

management.

1:28.3

His team runs a variety of quantitative strategies with assets of over $20 billion.

1:35.2

Harin is known as a pioneer in both low volatility and factor-based investing.

1:41.9

He has won numerous awards including multiple CFA Institute Gram and Dot Awards as well

1:48.4

as multiple Bernstein Fibosia awards from institutional investor.

1:54.0

Harin De Silva, welcome to Bloomberg.

1:57.6

Thanks for having me on Barry.

1:59.8

It's a pleasure to chat with you.

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