Debarshi Basu Managing Director at BlackRock Head of Quantitative Research
QuantVision 2024: Fordham’s Quantitative Conference
Debarshi is the head of quantitative research. He developed BlackRock’s proprietary ESG framework (Sustainable Investing Intelligence) that drives BlackRock’s dedicated active sustainable portfolios. He and his team are focused on developing sustainable investment strategies, researching systematic ESG signals that animates the portfolios. Debarshi regularly engages with BlackRock’s clients on sustainable investing perspectives and produces thought leadership pieces ( latest example below).
Seeking outperformance through sustainable insights, November 2022
(https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/literature/investor-education/sustainable-data-insights-research.pdf)
Contributed to “Mainstreaming the Transition to a Net-Zero Economy” by Mark Carney and Janet Yellen (https://group30.org/images/uploads/publications/G30_Mainstreaming_the_Transition_to_a_Net-Zero_Economy.pdf)
Prior to his current role he was a quantitative researcher in BlackRock’s Multi-Asset Strategies (MAS) division.
He was responsible for conducting quantitative research on fundamental and alternate data sets to generate alpha signals. In this role, Debarshi also managed tactical equity portfolios that rotates country and style factor exposures.
Debarshi has a Masters in Financial Engineering (MFE) from the Haas School of Business (U.C. Berkeley). Additionally, he has an Masters and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004 and 2007, and his B.tech, also in Electrical Engineering, from IIT Madras. Debarshi worked as a modeling specialist at Texas Instruments Inc. for the last six years, and created apps for android in his spare time. He published more than 20 journal articles in the field of Electrical Engineering, Physics, Material Science and Neuroscience, which he presented in peer reviewed conferences. He also co-authored a book chapter and submitted two patents. He developed a deep interest in finance and the economy after the 2008 financial crisis.
Debarshi’s is interested in applying his quantitative and software engineering skills n the finance industry.
QuantVision 2024: Fordham’s Quantitative Conference
Debarshi Basu Managing Director at BlackRock Head of Quantitative Research
