Speakers

Amit Goyal

University of Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute

Amit Goyal is the Swiss Finance Institute Professor of finance at the University of Lausanne. Formerly on the faculty of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University (USA), he holds a Ph.D. in Finance from UCLA (USA). His main research interests are in investments and portfolio strategies (across stocks, bonds, and options); and pension funds’ investments. He is a regular speaker at leading finance conferences worldwide, and his research papers have been published in the top academic journal

Bernhard Langer

Invesco Quantitative Strategies

Bernhard Langer started his investment career in 1989 with Bayerische Vereinsbank, moving to their Asset Management function where he led the strategy team from 1992 on. He joined Invesco in 1994 as portfolio manager for equities and became head of equities in 1996 and Chief Investment Officer in 2000 for Germany. In 2002 he took over the responsibility for the Quantitative Strategies Group (International). In January 2009 Bernhard became CIO, Global Quantitative Equity and is responsible for th

Lin William Cong

Cornell University

Lin William Cong is the Rudd Family Professor of Management and Associate Professor of Finance at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, where he is the founding faculty director for the FinTech Initiative. He is also a Kauffman Foundation Junior Faculty Fellow, Poets & Quants World Best Business School Professor, and editorial board member for top business and finance journals such as the Management Science. Prior to joining Cornell, he was an assistant professor of Fi

Markus Leippold

University of Zurich and Swiss Finance Institute

Markus Leippold is a professor at the University of Zurich, where he holds the Chair in Financial Engineering. Before joining the University of Zurich in 2009, Markus was an associate professor in quantitative finance at Imperial College Business School, London. In 2005, he was a visiting professor at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York. Markus obtained his Ph.D. in economics from the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, in 1999, and after some years in the financial industry, he started as an

Weili Zhou

Robeco

Weili joined Robeco’s Quant team in 2006. Currently she heads the Quant Equity Research Department developing innovative investment strategies based on next-generation technology and advanced sustainability integration. Also, she serves as a member of the management team. Weili’s areas of expertise include stock selection, portfolio optimization, and trading costs research. She has published in various academic and industry journals, including the Journal of Banking and Finance, Financial Analy