Navigating the Future of QIS: From Data to Decision
Investors are increasingly turning to bank-developed QIS products for protection that can react faster during sudden market upsets, while derivatives strategists focus on managing gap risk and balancing the cost of carry with short-dated options.
This session explores how innovation, data, and technology are shaping the next phase of QIS, from systematic protection strategies to the evolving role of transparency, independent valuations, and data-driven insights in modern portfolio construction.
Speakers
Puneet Singh
Head of APAC Quant
Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking
Puneet Singh is a Director in the Equity Quant Research team with more than 20 years of experience in Quantitative Research and Modelling on both the buy and sell-side. He joined SG in September 2017 from Citi, Singapore. At Citi, Puneet spent 6 years in quantitative research covering Asia-Pacific, Japan and Emerging Markets and 4 years in Financial Engineering working with structuring and solutions to create and sell products to clients globally. He has also worked at Bear Stearns, HSBC, HALBIS, Arthur Andersen and 3M. Puneet has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and an MBA in Finance from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
Rong Leng
Senior Quant Portfolio Manager
Arrowpoint Investment Partners
Rong is a senior quant portfolio manager in Arrowpoint. Rong Leng has been working in the quant areas for 18 years including both buy side and sell side roles from Old Mutual Global Investors, AHL, DWS, to Barclays and Deutsche Bank. Over the years, she started with long short cash equity funds and then expands into cross asset space, covering various medium to low frequency active strategies. She graduated as doctorate in Finance from London Business School.
Frances Shi
Data Science Product Specialist
Bloomberg
Frances Shi is a Data Science Specialist at Bloomberg where she builds data science solutions to easily access and interpret Bloomberg and third party data that helps facilitate client conversations. Specializing in quantitative area, Frances joined Bloomberg in 2017, started as Liquidity Quant Analyst and later led the Quality Assurance team to automate the quality assurance process of Enterprise Data by leveraging big data platform and quantitative analysis. Prior to Bloomberg, Frances was an quantitative investment associate at Glovista Investments LLC where she supported portfolio managers in managing two global macro strategies. Frances has a B.A. in economics and a M.S. in finance and is a designated Chartered Financial Analyst.
Soujit Ghosh
APAC Lead for Equity Derivatives
Bloomberg
Soujit Ghosh is the APAC Lead for Equity Derivatives as part of the Bloomberg Market Specialist Team, leading the development, promotion, and strategy of multi-asset solutions—spanning Equities, ETFs, and Digital Assets. Based in Sydney since 2023, he previously worked in Bloomberg’s Hong Kong office after joining the company in 2021. Before Bloomberg, Soujit spent over two decades as an Equity Derivatives Trader across major financial centres including London, Hong Kong, and Seoul. He held senior trading roles at firms such as JPMorgan and Nomura, and began his career at Goldman Sachs in London. Soujit holds a BA and MEng in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge and a Master’s degree in Statistics from Harvard University.
Alexis Preira
APAC Head of Financial Engineering
Bloomberg
From Singapore, Alexis is APAC's head of Financial Engineering for Bloomberg. With a 15 years strong experience in the Financial Market, Alexis leads a team of highly skilled professionals, delivering solutions and support covering OTC Derivatives and Structured Products of all asset classes and complexities, as well as their underlying market data. Alexis graduated From the Paris Diderot University in Paris, with a MSc in Statistics, Probabilities and Finance.