Our guest for today’s podcast is Arun Assumall, Global Head of Cross Asset QIS and Commodity Investor Products at Macquarie Group.  Since joining Macquarie in 2011, Arun has built an impressive global business within the bank by offering sophisticated investors access to beta and risk premia strategies commonly referred to as Quantitative Investment Strategies, QIS.  In a recent article published by Bloomberg, they estimate that over $370 billion in investor assets are currently tied to QIS offered by investment banks.

So what does it take to build a global business from scratch?  And how did Arun, who started off in sales, do it?  Humility, luck, and not being afraid to hire people that are smarter than himself….

Congrats to Macquarie on becoming a market leader in QIS and Arun Assumall - a British Indian, an Asian leader, a champion of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – for leading the way.  And thanks to Arun for sharing his path on this podcast.

Without further ado, here is our conversation with Arun Assumall.