Phillip Wool

Phillip Wool, PhD is a managing director and head of investment solutions at Rayliant Global Advisors, a quantitative asset manager focused on generating alpha from investing in China and other inefficient emerging markets. Phillip conducts research in support of Rayliant’s products, with a focus on systematic, data-driven approaches to asset allocation and return predictability within asset classes, as well as the design of localized quantitative equity strategies tailored to emerging markets, including China A-shares.

Prior to joining Rayliant, Phillip was an assistant professor of finance at the State University of New York in Buffalo, where he pursued research on quantitative trading strategies and investor behavior and taught investment management. Before that, he worked as a research analyst covering alternative investments for Hammond Associates, an institutional fund consultant.

Phillip received a BA in economics and a BSBA in finance and accounting from Washington University in St. Louis. He earned his PhD in finance from UCLA, where his research focused on the portfolio holdings and trading activity of mutual fund managers and activist investors.