Iraj Kani
Portfolio Manager-Fixed Income at Fiera Capital, Inc.
Profile
Dr. Iraj Kani is Senior Vice President & Portfolio Manager at Fiera Capital, Inc. He will be involved in the development of new products by the modelling risk potential in various strategies.
He is a member of the Fixed Income Investment Committee and the Tactical Asset Allocation Committee.
He currently serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Financial Engineering in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Columbia University.
Prior to joining Fiera Capital in October 2015, Mr. Kani was a Principal, Quantitative Strategist and member of the Investment Committee at Samson Capital Advisors LLC.
He was the Vice President of Quantitative Strategies Group at Goldman Sachs from 1991 to 1998, where he was the senior modeler for the equity derivatives division.
Before joining Goldman Sachs, he was the member of quantitative modeling in the Fixed Income Derivatives Trading group at Bankers Trust.
He received his PhD in theoretical particle physics from the University of Oxford, his MS in particle physics from the University of Michigan, his MS degree in mathematics and his B.S.
degrees in both mathematics and physics from the University of Minnesota.
Iraj Kani active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Fiera Capital, Inc.
 Fiera Capital, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Fiera Capital Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1972 as Wilkinson O'Grady & Co, Inc. and they were acquired in 2013 by Fiera Capital Corp. (TSE: FSZ) in Canada through its wholly-owned subsidiary Fiera US Holding, Inc. Fiera Capital provides investment management services on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis to separately managed accounts for predominantly US high net-worth individuals, such as affluent families and their foundations, and institutional clients which include pension plans, profit sharing plans and other charitable organizations. | Portfolio Manager-Fixed Income | 29/10/2015 |
Former positions of Iraj Kani
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 30/12/1997 |
Bankers Trust & Co.
 Bankers Trust & Co. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Bankers Trust & Co. is a company that provides trust services. The company is based in New York, NY. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Samson Capital Advisors LLC
 Samson Capital Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2004, Samson Capital Advisors LLC is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Fiera Capital Corp. (FSZ: Toronto). Samson Capital Advisors provides customized discretionary investment management services to US high net-worth individuals and institutional advisory clients, including affluent families and their foundations. The firm also manages a family of private investment funds, as well as the Samson STRONG Nations Currency Fund, a 1940 Act registered investment company that operates as an open-ended mutual fund. | Investment Committee Member | - |
Training of Iraj Kani
| University of Oxford | Doctorate Degree |
| University of Michigan | Graduate Degree |
| University of Minnesota | Graduate Degree |
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Samson Capital Advisors LLC
Samson Capital Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 2004, Samson Capital Advisors LLC is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Fiera Capital Corp. (FSZ: Toronto). Samson Capital Advisors provides customized discretionary investment management services to US high net-worth individuals and institutional advisory clients, including affluent families and their foundations. The firm also manages a family of private investment funds, as well as the Samson STRONG Nations Currency Fund, a 1940 Act registered investment company that operates as an open-ended mutual fund. | Finance |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis. | Finance |
Bankers Trust & Co.
Bankers Trust & Co. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Bankers Trust & Co. is a company that provides trust services. The company is based in New York, NY. | Miscellaneous |
Fiera Capital, Inc.
Fiera Capital, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Fiera Capital Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1972 as Wilkinson O'Grady & Co, Inc. and they were acquired in 2013 by Fiera Capital Corp. (TSE: FSZ) in Canada through its wholly-owned subsidiary Fiera US Holding, Inc. Fiera Capital provides investment management services on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis to separately managed accounts for predominantly US high net-worth individuals, such as affluent families and their foundations, and institutional clients which include pension plans, profit sharing plans and other charitable organizations. | Finance |
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