2018 Speakers

Ray Carroll, PhD, CFA, Managing Director, joined the firm as Neuberger Berman Breton Hill’s Chief Investment Officer in 2017 following the acquisition of Breton Hill Capital Ltd (BHC). Ray was a co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of BHC, responsible for fund performance, investment...

Dr. Ernest P. Chan is the Managing Member of QTS Capital Management, LLC. His career since 1994 has been focusing on the development of statistical models and advanced computer algorithms to find patterns and trends in large quantities of data. He has applied his expertise in statistical pattern...

Prior to co-founding the AI-powered hedge fund Castle Ridge Asset Management, Adrian was an investment manager with some of the world’s largest financial institutions. As a member of the Principal Investing group for the $300 billion CPP Investment Board (CPPIB), Adrian identified and executed...

Garrett DeSimone is the Head of Quantitative Research at OptionMetrics, an options database and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers. His current empirical research at OptionMetrics focuses on derivative pricing and macroeconomics. Dr. DeSimone graduated with his...

Hany Farag is Senior Director and Head of Risk Methodology and Analytics at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Prior to his current position he was a partner at Eastmoor Capital Partners, LLP; Managing Director and Head of FX Statistical Arbitrage at CIBC; and Head of Quantitative Research...

Howard runs a hedge fund - and the data science company that powers it.  Capitalogix created a revolutionary financial technology platform that uses Adaptive A. I. to maximize performance with real-time insights.While most high-frequency trading focuses on using technology to make thousands of...

Greg started with BMO Asset Management in 2009 and is Head of the Systematic Investment team in Canada. He has been instrumental in building the Systematic Investments business within BMO which manages equity and ETF investment solutions covering global developed markets, including Canadian equity...

Bob has over 25 years experience in the Financial Services and Asset Management industries having served in numerous executive and investment management roles at Fidelity Investments in addition to time spent as a strategy consultant in the Asset Management/FIG practice of McKinsey &...

Michael Nairne is President and Chief Investment Officer of Tacita Capital Inc., a family office that provides integrated portfolio and wealth management services to families of affluence. Prior to co-founding Tacita, Michael was the Chief Operating Officer of Loring Ward Inc., a family office...

Luis Seco is a co-founder and the President and CEO of Sigma Analysis & Management. He started his career in financial risk management in 1996, while a Professor at the University of Toronto, creating the RiskLab, a research center that serviced the financial sector in Toronto in the area of...

Jamie Wise is the Founder of BUZZ Indexes and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Periscope Capital, a Toronto-based hedge fund manager. BUZZ Indexes creates and maintains proprietary quantitative index and portfolio strategies based on Big Data analytics models. Established in...