Len covers external manager and strategy research for Rogers IA’ s investment programs across different geographies (Global, Japan, Asia) in liquid and illiquid alternative asset classes (Hedge Funds, Private Equity and Credit, Real Assets) and traditional long-only investments. Prior to joining Rogers IA, Len was most recently an executive director at Morgan Stanley New York’s securitized products group where he worked on relative value and capital structure arbitrage strategies in credit and mortgage derivatives and oversaw development of quantitative models for mortgage-backed securities trading. Prior to that, he worked in fixed income and foreign exchange derivatives trading at Susquehanna International Group in London, where he was a part of a global exotics / hybrids trading desk covering Europe, Japan, and Asia. Len holds a PhD in finance from Stanford University and a MS in mathematics from Northwestern. During his doctoral studies he worked for Goldman Sachs Asset Management in New York and Bill Sharpe’s Financial Engines in Palo Alto.

Len Umantz
head of external manager research, Rogers Investment Advisors
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