Presented by Chicago Booth Alumni Club of Malaysia.
6 pm HKT | 5 am CDT | 11 am BST
Event Details
"Are we in the midst of an equity bubble sparked by an excessive central bank response to the COVID19 pandemic?"
"How are Quants reshaping the funds to address the market movements."?
Intro:
We have Ben Charoenwong (PhD & MBA 2017), Asst. Professor at the National University of Singapore and Head of Research at Chicago Global, discussing the current economic situations around the world.
Don't forget to tune in to our 4th episode on July 3rd at 6pm.
Speaker Profiles
Ben Charoenwong (Speaker) '17
Head of Research and Co-founder, Chicago Global
Ben Charoenwong is head of research and co-founder of Chicago Global, a quantitative multi-strategy fund, and assistant professor of finance at the National University of Singapore where he teaches undergraduate and graduate-level courses on international finance and economics and quantitative methods. Ben's academic research is in investment adviser misconduct, financial regulation, and corporate finance.
Ben holds a Ph.D. in finance and MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he received the Eugene F. Fama and Fischer Black PhD Fellowship and was an inaugural winner of the Fama-Miller Liew PhD award. Prior to that, he graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor of science in honors economics, honors statistics, and financial mathematics.
Ben previously worked at Citadel Investment Group teaching new quantitative analysts coding, machine learning, and financial econometrics. He has also served as expert consultant for LEK Consulting in applying machine-learning techniques in capital budgeting.
G U Renukanand (Moderator) '05
Managing Partner @Veneru Sdn Bhd / Vice President @Chicago Booth Alumni Club
Accomplished technology business developer and serial entrepreneur with 23 years of experience in managing startups to successful business ventures. Developed new businesses in B2B and B2C space. specialize in technology solutions development, technical valuation of new ventures, data analytics and customer experience.