Biography

Guohua Xia is a Quantitative Analyst on the Applied Integrated Quant (Applied IQ) Team at Loomis, Sayles & Company. In this role, he conducts research on credit, identifies relative-value opportunities, and is responsible for portfolio optimization and construction. Guohua joined Loomis Sayles in 2022 from PPM America, Inc. where he was a vice president responsible for quantitative credit research, portfolio optimization and construction. Previously, he was a quantitative analyst at Nuveen Investments. Prior to that, Guohua was a quantitative analyst at Aurora Investment Management conducting research on hedge funds and factor modeling. He began his career as a quantitative trader at Prescient Ridge Management. Guohua earned an MBA and MSc in financial mathematics from the University of Chicago and a PhD from Nanyang Technological University. Guohua is a CFAĀ® charterholder.

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About the Applied IQ Team

Investors on the Applied IQ team

Bernardo Aumond, PhD
Co-Director of Applied Integrated Quant
Bobby Bakshi, CFA
Co-Director of Applied Integrated Quant
Michael Crowell
Chief Investment Research Officer
Megan Wan, CFA
Quantitative Analyst
Gulliermo Ruiz-Rico, CFA
Quantitative Analyst
Dennis Kadourov, CFA
Quantitative Analyst
Andrew Hon
Quantitative Analyst
Ali Faghih, PhD
Quantitative Analyst
Arpit Jain
Quantitative Associate