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Wei Yang
Wei Yang
Head of Active Quant Solutions (AQS)
Active Strategies

Wei has worked at L&G in portfolio construction and investment strategy design since 2016, integrating our qualitative, quantitative and sustainability capabilities. He manages both portfolio construction and risk management aspects of the investment process. He adopts a risk-budgeting approach to ensure active convictions are expressed in a diversified fashion and ensures a measured risk taking in investment portfolios. Prior to L&G, Wei was in Moody’s Analytics where he held the title of Investment Solution Specialist, and covered multi-asset proposition, factor based investing and investment governance. Prior to that, he spent six years at Barclays as an investment strategist and investment advisor. Wei holds Master degrees in Risk Management & Financial Engineering, and Chemical Engineering from Imperial College. He also holds the CFA, FRM and CQF qualifications. Outside work, he is developing a keen interest in African adventures and is a devoted Bon Jovi fan.

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