Qube Analysis & Applied sciences (QRT), a world quantitative and systematic funding supervisor that specialises in a know-how and data-driven method to allocation throughout liquid asset lessons, has employed Securis disaster bond portfolio administration specialist Raphael Rayees, the corporate has confirmed.
Qube Analysis & Applied sciences (QRT) entered the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market not too long ago, launching a quantitative buying and selling technique, with the primary focus mentioned to be on disaster bonds and a need to discover a buying and selling edge there, however we’re informed additionally with some curiosity in non-public ILS and reinsurance.
Former Schroders govt Daniel Ineichen was hired first to lead an insurance-linked securities (ILS) strategy at QRT, joining the hedge fund manager as Quantitative Trading Director ILS.
Now, one other very skilled ILS market specialist is becoming a member of QRT to build-out their operations within the house, as Raphael Rayees has additionally accepted a place there, QRT has confirmed.
Rayees had labored at Securis Funding Companions in London for nearly 9 years.
He joined Securis as an funding analyst in 2016, earlier than changing into its Head of Traded ILS in 2018 and the agency’s major disaster bond portfolio supervisor in 2019.
Beforehand, Rayees had labored in reinsurance capital advisory at dealer Aon and at Lloyd’s in funding associated roles.
Rayees has portfolio managed a profitable disaster bond technique over a long-period, so will now deliver that deep sector expertise to QRT, because the quant hedge fund funding agency seems to make insurance-linked securities (ILS) a core part of its technique.
