Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Investcorp has hired Nelson Ramos to the Alternative Investment Solutions Group in New York as co-Portfolio Manager of the Alternative Risk Premia portfolios, Deputy Head of Cross Asset Investments, and a member of the Cross Asset and Investment Committees.
In the role, Ramos will focus on the management of the Alternative Risk Premia portfolios and be actively involved in the different stages of the investment process, including cross asset research, factor research and development, and portfolio construction.
Ramos joins Investcorp from the California Public Employees Retirement Systems (CalPERS), where he managed the quantitative research team that developed and supported the Global Equity and Risk Premia allocation models. He was a member of CalPERS' Tactical Asset Allocation Research group, Global Equity Investment Review Committee and Trust Level Investment Review Committee. Prior to joining CalPERS, Ramos spent seven years at Blackrock as an Emerging Markets Equity Senior Portfolio Manager with portfolio management, signal research, and model development responsibilities.
Lionel Erdely, group head and CIO, said in a statement that the hire would be key for the alternatives team - "his experience working for a large pension plan will be instrumental in anticipating the needs of our institutional clients and designing tailor-made solutions for them."
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