Scientific Beta

Vijay Vaidyanathan, CEO of Optimal Asset Management and Research Associate at EDHEC-Risk Institute, will be making a presentation entitled "SMART Outperformance: Using Smart Beta 2.0 to Understand, Communicate, and Control Hidden Risks in Outperforming Strategies" at the annual conference organised by the Association of Professional Investment Consultants in La Jolla, California on 5 June, 2013.

Vijay Vaidyanathan, CEO of Optimal Asset Management and Research Associate at EDHEC-Risk Institute, will be making a presentation entitled "SMART Outperformance: Using Smart Beta 2.0 to Understand, Communicate, and Control Hidden Risks in Outperforming Strategies" at the annual conference organised by the Association of Professional Investment Consultants in La Jolla, California on 5 June, 2013. The session will be moderated by Mike Manfredi of APIC.

Vijay holds a PhD in Finance, and an MSc in Finance (Risk and Asset Management) from EDHEC Business School, as well as an M.S. in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Albany and M.Sc (Tech) from BITS Pilani, India and is an alumnus of IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland. Vijay is also CEO of Return Metrics Inc., a boutique investment management and technology consulting firm located in Silicon Valley, California, specializing in the use of innovative quantitative techniques to develop econometric models for a wide range of financial markets. Prior to this, Vijay held several high-level positions in technology firms, including CEO of Yaga Inc., Chief Strategy Officer with NBC Internet, and Chief Technology Officer with Xoom.Com.