NERA Economic Consulting

ludwig.chincarini@nera.com
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Education

PhD in economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BA, University of California, Berkeley

Experience

Dr. Chincarini, Professor of Finance at the School of Management of the University of San Francisco, participates as a Senior Consultant in NERA's Securities and Finance Practice.
 
Dr. Chincarini has extensive experience in the financial industry and has published in many academic journals in finance. He is the author of one of the classic books in the field of portfolio management, Quantitative Equity Portfolio Management, and is also the author of The Crisis of Crowding, a recent book explaining the causes of the financial crisis.
 
Dr. Chincarini's financial industry experience includes pioneering work helping to launch the S&P 500 equal-weight exchange traded fund (ETF) (Ticker: RSP), the first liquid hedge fund ETF (Ticker: QAI), the first merger arbitrage ETF (Ticker: MNA), and many other alternative index ETFs. As Head of Research and Head of New Products at FOLIOfn, he helped develop its pioneering internet brokerage service. He has also worked for the Bank for International Settlements and for the asset management company Schroders in both equities and fixed income analysis, and has served as a consultant to hedge funds and money management organizations.
 
Dr. Chincarini currently serves on the academic council of IndexIQ. He holds a PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BA from the University of California at Berkeley.