Vinay Nair

Dr. Vinay Nair is a successful entrepreneur and a leading academic. He has started or is involved as an advisor or board member in several companies in financial services, across investment management, venture capital and fintech. He is also involved in technology-enabled solutions that link Israel, India and the US. He is the Founder and Chairman of 55ip, a fintech firm providing wealth managers a platform to build brandable, science-based, algorithmic investment strategies, with offices in New York City, Boston and Mumbai, India.[1][2] Nair is also a visiting professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.[3]

Early life

Vinay Nair grew up in India and completed his undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, where he was awarded the Governor’s Gold Medal.[4] He received his PhD in financial economics from New York University Stern School of Business, and was awarded best thesis.[5]

Career

Nair began his career as a faculty member at The Wharton School as an Assistant Professor of Finance. He has also taught courses at INSEAD, Columbia University, Indian School of Business, and Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain.

Nair founded Ada Investments in 2010. He was named a hedge fund rising star by Institutional Investor in 2012.[6] FINalternatives noted that Ada Investments' investment approach grew from Nair's original academic investigations, and uses fundamental and behavioral insights to identify return drivers in equity markets.[7] In 2014 XL Group acquired a minority stake in Ada Investments.[8] Nair founded 55 Capital in 2015 with Lee Kranefuss. Ada Investments was sold to 55 Capital Partners (renamed to 55ip), a firm helped launch, in June 2016. Prior to founding Ada Investments, Nair was a research director and portfolio manager at Old Lane Partners, a fund acquired by Citi Alternative Investments.

In 2008, Nair authored Investing for Change, published by Oxford University Press, on the use of social variables in investment management. [9] He is a regular speaker at financial conferences across the globe on topics including financial engineering, behavioral economics, and sustainable investing.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Ex-Wharton Professor Builds Next Generation Trading Platform". Opalesque TV. October 13, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Ada Investments Team". Ada Investments.
  3. ↑ "Wharton School Finance Department". University of Pennsylvania.
  4. ↑ "List of Institute Awardees". Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
  5. ↑ "Professional Fellowship in Law and Business". NYU Stern Business School.
  6. ↑ "Hedge Fund Rising Stars: Vinay Nair". Institutional Investor. June 19, 2012.
  7. ↑ "XL Group Takes Minority Stake in Ada Investments". FINAlternatives. September 15, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ada Investments Announces Strategic Investment by XL Group". Opalesque. September 15, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Investing for Change: Profit From Responsible Investing". Oxford University Press.
  10. ↑ "Columbia's Nair: What Drives Investors toward SRI". CBS News. September 23, 2009.
  11. ↑ "The Center for Financial Engineering". Columbia University School of Engineering.
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