Allocator: QIS Is Raising the Bar for External Managers; Partnering With Banks Seen as a Core Principle, Notes Roxton

Roxton McNeal, managing director and head portfolio manager of quantitative investments at Simplify Asset Management, who leads portfolio management of the QIS ETF, said partnering with a bank in a QIS implementation should be seen as a core principle. McNeal, who previously worked at UPS Pension Group, highlighted that entering such trades with a bank should be viewed as a collaboration.