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Jason Hsu

Jason Hsu

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Jason Hsu is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Investment Officer of Rayliant Global Advisors, a global investment management group. Under his leadership, RGA specializes in asset allocation and factor-based investment solutions, with a unique focus on emerging markets. He educates investors and offers products to transform the investment ecosystem in Asia and beyond. Hsu also serves as a Professor of Finance at UCLA Anderson School of Management, where teaches Financial Policy for Managers and Quantitative Asset Management. He blends his academic rigor and investor advocacy to research, develop, and bring to market investment strategies that create significant value for investors. Hsu is at the forefront of the smart beta revolution and is one the world’s most recognized thought leaders in that space. He also co-founded Research Affiliates, a smart beta and asset allocation leader with over US$180 billion in assets managed using its strategies. 

Professional Experience

Academic History

RAYLIANT GLOBAL ADVISORS

  • RGA applies quantitative methods to access behavioral-based alpha prevalent in inefficient markets like China.

  • The firm focuses on investing in the Greater China market through "quantumental" strategies, which is a combination of both fundamental and quantitative analysis.

  • Hsu is also portfolio manager for Rayliant’s suite of quantitative and quantamental ETFs. 


CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

  • Founder, Chairman, and CIO, Rayliant Global Advisors

  • Chief Economist, East West Bank

  • Professor of Finance, UCLA Anderson School of Management

  • Advisory Council Member, CFA Institute

  • Visiting Professor, Taiwan National Chengchi University

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Investment Management

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Portfolio Management

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Index Investing

  • Advisory Board Member for the MFE Program, UCLA Anderson School of Management


RECOGNITIONS

  • 2019 CFA Institute Graham and Dodd Top Award

  • 2018 Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Outstanding Article Award

  • 2016 CFA Institute Graham and Dodd Scroll Award

  • 2015 Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Outstanding Article Award

  • 2015 William F. Sharpe Award

  • 2013 Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Outstanding Article Award

  • 2013 William F. Sharpe Award

  • 2011 CFA Institute Graham and Dodd Scroll Award

  • 2011 Financial Analyst Journal Readers’ Choice Award

  • 2009 Outstanding Service to UCLA Anderson School of Management

  • 2008 Institutional Investor 20 Rising Stars of Hedge Fund Award

  • 2005 William F. Sharpe Award – Best Index Research 


RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

  • Hsu has published more than 40 journal articles and is a contributing author to nine handbooks in finance and economics.

  • He has published extensively on topics such as alternative equity strategies, behavioral finance, and factor investing. 

  • His areas of research include cross-sectional equity anomalies, international finance, asset return predictability, business cycles and optimal portfolio allocations.

  • He has appeared in BusinessWire, Bloomberg, CNBC, and more.

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