Spyros Mesomeris

Spyros Mesomeris is the global head of structuring at UBS covering all asset classes. He joined UBS in November 2019 as global head of QIS structuring to drive product development and bespoke client solutions, expanding significantly UBS’ footprint in the space.

For the prior 10 years, Spyros was the global head of the quantitative strategy and quant investment solutions research group at Deutsche Bank, the top ranked sell-side quantitative research team on the street (Institutional Investor survey, Extel survey, Risk awards) whilst himself was ranked the top quant analyst in Europe. He was also responsible for delta-one research, as well as for building out the data science platform. Spyros’s academic/practitioner research has been published in various journals, including the Journal of International Money and Finance, the Journal of Asset Management, and the Journal of Portfolio Management. His applied research in the area of factor investing and collaboration with global asset owners, which pioneered the risk premia approach to asset allocation, has helped to define the framework for risk premia investing.

Spyros received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in economics from Cambridge University, an MSc in mathematical trading and finance from Cass Business School, and also completed his PhD in finance at Cass Business School in 2005.