Daniel Giamouridis | Global Head of Scientific Implementation, Global Portfolio Products
Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Daniel Giamouridis, Global Head of Scientific Implementation, Global Portfolio Products, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

DANIEL GIAMOURIDIS, PhD, is the Global Head of Scientific Implementation (Scientific Implementation Group, SIG), Global Portfolio Products at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London. He heads a Team of PhD-trained scientists, with emphasis on delivering client solutions in cash equity trading/execution (Instinct® Portfolio Optimizer), risk management/correlation trades, investable indices (BofAML Smart Beta Indices) amongst others. In addition, SIG publishes quantitative thematic pieces, interacts and facilitates interaction between academia and practice for idea generation/exchange and talent sourcing. SIG is also involved in the aggregation and distribution of data from within BofAML. Finally, SIG provides bespoke quant service to clients.
      
Daniel joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch in January 2016, in Global Portfolio Products in EMEA. He was instrumental in conceptualizing and launching the SIG, and Headed EMEA SIG until August 2017, when he assumed the role of Global Head. Prior to joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch Daniel was an Associate Professor of Finance at the Athens University of Economics and Business and had worked closely for over 10 years with institutional investors, investments banks and asset management organizations in Europe and in the United States in areas covering quantitative equity research, hedge fund replication, pension asset management, and derivatives valuation. His research has appeared in academic and practitioner journals like the Journal of Banking and Finance, European Financial Management, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Asset Management, Journal of Futures Markets, Journal of Risk, Journal of Derivatives, Journal of Alternative Investments, Journal of Portfolio Management.  Daniel’s research has also received grants from professional organizations such as Amundi and the Institute for Quantitative Investment Research (INQUIRE UK) as well as from academic institutions such as CAREFIN-Bocconi and AUEB.
 
Daniel holds a PhD in Finance from Cass Business School and a MEng in Mechanical Engineering from NTUA. He is currently affiliated as a Visiting/Associate member of staff with Cass Business School (City University), Lancaster University Management School (Lancaster University) and EDHEC-Risk Institute (EDHEC Business School).  Daniel is a member of the Governing Board of the Institute for Quantitative Investment Research (INQUIRE) UK and also a Co-Editor of the Financial Analysts Journal, the Journal of the CFA Institute.

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Wealth 2.0 Day 1 - 28th November 2018 @ 15:00

The increasing role of quant in a volatile marketplace: Maths vs. emotion

  • In a politically and economically volatile context, what is the role for quant in overcoming the biases that can negatively influence investors?
  • Is it possible to take an entirely data-driven approach to remove emotions from investing?
  • Will the next generation of fund managers actually be data scientists?
last published: 27/Nov/18 11:35 GMT

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