Alex Remorov

Director, Systematic Active Equities BlackRock

Alex Remorov is a Director at BlackRock's Systematic Active Equities (SAE). He is a Portfolio Manager and Researcher responsible for global equity strategies. Alex focuses on risk budgeting and portfolio construction questions for global equity portfolios. Additionally, Alex builds systematic alpha strategies for hedge funds and long-only portfolios by leveraging machine learning, alternative data, and investment intuition. Alex earned a BSc in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Toronto in 2011 and a PhD in Operations Research from MIT in 2016. He has carried out academic research on systematic trading strategies, behavioural biases, and investor decision-making. During this time Alex also did short stints at Manulife Investment Management in Toronto, as well as at Goldman Sachs in New York and London.