Scientific Beta

At the 2023 Monash-Q Group finance colloquium on 24 March, 2023 in Melbourne, Mike Aked, Senior Investment Specialist at Scientific Beta, will be presenting a session entitled "Macroeconomic Risk in Equity Portfolios - A case of Unpriced Factors". 

At the 2023 Monash-Q Group finance colloquium on 24 March, 2023 in Melbourne, Mike Aked, Senior Investment Specialist at Scientific Beta, will be presenting a session entitled "Macroeconomic Risk in Equity Portfolios - A case of Unpriced Factors". 

The aim of the colloquium is to bring together academics and practitioners to discuss issues of relevance in quantitative investment management. The programme will consist of a panel discussion on climate risk, and a series of presentations by both academics and practitioners on a breadth of finance topics.

Mike Aked, CFA is Senior Investment Strategist for Australia & New Zealand at Scientific Beta. Prior to joining Scientific Beta, Mike was responsible for equity and asset allocation research and investing at Research Affiliates, Sunsuper (Australian superannuation fund), and at UBS Global Asset Management across four continents. Mike has published articles on investment and implementation and is a frequent contributor of editorials in national newspapers across Australia. He is also a Senior Advisor at the Monash Business School mentoring the next generation. Mike received a BA with honours in applied mathematics from the University of Sydney, an MS in statistics from the University of Virginia, and an MS in financial mathematics from the University of Chicago. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of both the CFA Society Melbourne and Q-Group Australia.