Ashwin Alankar, Ph.D.
Ashwin Alankar is Head of Global Asset Allocation and a portfolio manager at Janus Henderson Investors. He is responsible for defining short- and long-term approaches to asset allocation. He is also a member of the firm’s Solutions Group, a team that constructs multi-asset solutions for clients’ complex investment objectives. Prior to joining Janus in 2014, Ashwin served from 2010 to 2014 as co-chief investment officer of quantitative investment strategies at AllianceBernstein. From 2003 to 2010, he was a partner and capital allocation committee member for Platinum Grove Asset Management. Ashwin’s experience also includes serving as a consultant in the financial litigation division of the Law and Economics Consulting Group from 2001 to 2002.
Ashwin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering and mathematics and a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also holds a PhD in finance from the University of California – Berkeley, Haas School of Business. He has 24 years of financial industry experience.
Articles Written
Analyzing the impact: Historical perspectives on U.S. Treasury downgrades
Assessing the market reactions following the previous two U.S. credit rating downgrades to provide perspective on the May 16 downgrade by Moody’s.
Diversification in three dimensions
Modern investors tend to underappreciate the power of diversification across assets, time, and direction, which ancient societies, perhaps ironically, understood.
Trump, tariffs, and the dollar’s role as reserve currency
The material costs of frittering away the U.S. dollar’s reserve currency status must be considered in any trade rebalancing.
An options-implied analysis of the US presidential election – Part III
Signals embedded in options markets indicate essentially a toss-up, with a very slight edge for former President Trump.
An options-implied analysis of the US presidential election: Part II
Signals embedded in options markets indicate a closer race for the White House than suggested by consensus polling data.
An options-implied analysis of the U.S. presidential election
In light of recent developments in the U.S. presidential campaign, signals embedded in options markets now indicate nearly even odds between President Biden and former President Trump.