Wesley Chan PhD Email Address

Researcher

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Senior Investment Research Director and Portfolio Manager focused on developing higher-return alpha strategies. My specialties are innovative investment process improvement, scaling up research breadth and depth, and recruiting and developing excellent investment teams. This approach has yielded benchmark-beating investment returns over the long run, and a solid reputation among clients and stakeholders of the organizations I’ve worked with. I have extensive experience working with Quantitative Researchers, Portfolio Managers, IT and Data Science teams to build processes and infrastructure to streamline alpha idea origination and evaluation, big data processing, and portfolio construction. I seek constant improvement in investment capabilities through the use of new technology and idea/portfolio reviews, which are the key to an industry-leading investment process. As a leader of investment teams developing higher return alpha strategies, I aim to cast a wide net in recruiting to attract the best talent, and value regular training, cross-team collaboration, and career planning to retain key team members. ----------------- EXPERTISE * Origination/Implementation & Realization of Innovative Ideas/Concepts & Solutions * Alpha / Stock Selection Research * Quantitative Investment Strategies & Infrastructure Improvement * Portfolio Management * Influential Client & Public Presentations * Problem Identification & Resolution * Recruiting/Hiring/Project Assignment/Training/Promoting & Managing Teams