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Meet the Team

Rayliant services professional investors of all types including some of the world’s leading institutions and wealth managers.

Jason Hsu, PhD

Founder, Chief Investment Officer

Mike Bowers

Chief Executive Officer

Phillip Wool, PhD

Chief Research Officer

David Scott, CFA

Chief Operating Officer

Joshua Katz, CFA

Chief Compliance Officer

Ben Ashby

Head of Fixed Income & Foreign Exchange

Scott Dooley, CFA

Advisor Relations

Vicky Wan

Investment Operations

Doug Gratz, CFA

Institutional Relations

Charles Astorتشارلز آستر, Chartered MCSI

Business Development

Priscilla Liu, MFE

Senior Research Analyst

Lu He, MSF

Senior Research Analyst

Claudia Wool, PhD

Senior Research Analyst

Erix Xie

Research Analyst

Emma Yuan, MFE

Research Analyst

Mission

At Rayliant, our mission is to create exceptional investment outcomes for our clients. Through education, advisory, and investment management, we combine our deep understanding of financial markets and data science with rigorous research, a disciplined process, and a commitment to innovation, to create value for investors and those whom advise them.

We prioritize transparency, open communication, and long-term partnerships, leveraging our expertise to navigate complexity and deliver actionable insights and solutions to our clients. Our purpose is clear: to empower professional investors to help preserve and grow the wealth of those they represent.

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Guiding Beacon

“A manager attribute which predicts poor future performance is hubris. It leads to lack of openness to different perspectives, new information and better methods. The over-confidence also leads to unwarranted concentration in portfolio and excessive risk-taking.

We operate in an industry where short-term performance is dominated by randomness. Many managers take credit for luck, which then breeds hubris. That hubris sees “alpha” as bragging right and leverage for big bonus. They forget “alpha” is our duty toward clients, and good luck should accrue to clients because it is likely driven by client’s good Karma.”​

—Jason Hsu, Chairman & CIO

Guiding Beacon

“A manager attribute which predicts poor future performance is hubris. It leads to lack of openness to different perspectives, new information and better methods. The over-confidence also leads to unwarranted concentration in portfolio and excessive risk-taking.

We operate in an industry where short-term performance is dominated by randomness. Many managers take credit for luck, which then breeds hubris. That hubris sees “alpha” as bragging right and leverage for big bonus. They forget “alpha” is our duty toward clients, and good luck should accrue to clients because it is likely driven by client’s good Karma.”​

—Jason Hsu, Chairman & CIO

Mission

Our Commitment

We are experts in quantitative finance and data science and deeply aware of the flaws and limitations of the systematic approach. We are generally very skeptical of our own wonderful backtests and short-term live results.

We hold deep respect for fundamental research. We learn from the best stock pickers—rigorously test their hypotheses, and formalize these insights into our systematic investment approach.

We aim to transform the financial industry's reputation of prioritizing fees over value. Our commitment is to align our success with our clients' by ensuring we do well only when they outperform.

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