Speaker Spotlight

Arup Datta

MBA, CFA

Senior Vice President, Head of Team, Mackenzie Global Quantitative Equity Team

Mackenzie Investments

Arup Datta, Senior Vice President and Head of Global Quantitative Equity, Mackenzie Investments, will present at Future of Investments Forum on January 28 – 29 in Abu Dhabi.

As institutional investors seek to diversify exposures, enhance alpha generation, and navigate market volatility, Institutional Connect is pleased to feature Arup Datta, Senior Vice President and Head of Global Quantitative Equity, Mackenzie Investments, in this speaker spotlight. Arup’s insights offer a valuable lens on the practical applications of quantitative investing and the future of systematic approaches in asset allocation.

Arup Datta

MBA, CFA

Senior Vice President, Head of Team, Mackenzie Global Quantitative Equity Team

Mackenzie Investments

Arup has been a professional quantitative investor for more than three decades, managing portfolios across virtually every capitalization and region of the world.

Between 1992 and 2012 he was a Quantitative Analyst, Portfolio Manager, Director of US and Director of Portfolio Management with Man Numeric. In 2012, he founded Agriya Investors, which later became the global/international arm of AJO. He joined Mackenzie in September 2017 to head the Global Quantitative Equity Team.

Arup has a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India, and earned an MBA with distinction from the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University. He is a CFA charterholder.