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Ankit Jain

Ankit Jain

Mumbai

Summary

With over 13 years of professional expertise in algo-trading and asset management, I lead teams spanning Research and Development within a global arbitrage fund exceeding USD 1 billion in assets. My focus lies in crafting and implementing high Sharpe ratio arbitrage strategies.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages

Work History

Head of Research

Greenland Investment Management GIM
04.2015 - Current
  • Recently completed an Executive MBA program from UC Berkeley in November 2023, enhancing leadership and management skills to complement extensive industry experience.
  • Played a pivotal role in founding Greenland Investment Management (GIM), a Mumbai-based systematic global arbitrage firm managing over USD 1 billion in assets under management (AUM). Was integral to the initial team, overseeing proprietary trading arbitrage operations with a book value of USD 10 million.
  • Led the creation of a cutting-edge quantitative and fundamental research framework, guiding a team of exceptional talent from renowned institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). This framework drives decision-making at the firm, enabling the development of high Sharpe ratio strategies.
  • Led a dynamic team in designing and implementing an in-house ultra-low latency trading system, enabling the identification and exploitation of arbitrage opportunities across major global commodity exchanges.
  • Additionally, spearheaded the complete automation of daily accounting processes, streamlining reconciliation with brokers for enhanced efficiency and accuracy.

Associate Software Developer

FlexTrade
07.2011 - 02.2015
  • Crafted two Inter Exchange Arbitrage Trading Strategies tailored to client specifications.
  • Devised a Mass Quoting Strategy and a Custom Combination Strategy for the Singapore Exchange.
  • Engineered automation tools and scripts for streamlined installation, latency analysis, and binary debugging (Linux Shell Scripts/awk/perl).
  • Implemented an End-of-Day Reporting Package integrating FlexTrade with client reporting needs (Linux Shell Scripts/awk/perl).

Summer Trainee

BASF Construction Chemicals
05.2009 - 07.2009
  • Selected for the BASE 2009 summer experience program and was assigned a project to do a comparative study of various products of the company and locally available ones
  • Prepared a complete new methodology which included various solid mechanics tests to suite the project and Indian practice using the international standards.

Education

Berkeley Executive Program in Management - Management

UC Berkeley
Berkeley , CA, USA
04.2001 -

Dual Degree of Masters And Bachelors in Technology - Civil Engineering With Specialization in Structure

IIT Bombay
Mumbai, India
04.2001 -

Skills

Portfolio construction

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References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Head of Research

Greenland Investment Management GIM
04.2015 - Current

Associate Software Developer

FlexTrade
07.2011 - 02.2015

Summer Trainee

BASF Construction Chemicals
05.2009 - 07.2009

Berkeley Executive Program in Management - Management

UC Berkeley
04.2001 -

Dual Degree of Masters And Bachelors in Technology - Civil Engineering With Specialization in Structure

IIT Bombay
04.2001 -

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