Mohan Balachandran
Portfolio Manager-Equities at Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Profile
Dr. Ram Mohan Balachandran is a Senior Managing Director at Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
He works on Strategic Asset Allocation and portfolio tilts in collaboration with the Tactical Asset Allocation and Risk Management teams.
In addition, he works on trust cash management and securities lending.
He also oversees the Fixed Income and Commodity Portfolios.
Prior to joining TRS, Dr. Balachandran was a director at NISA Investment Advisors, LLC in St. Louis, where he was co-head of the Fixed Income Trading and responsible for investments and risk management/performance attribution.
Prior to his role at NISA, he worked as a software engineer at Barra, Inc. where he worked on the fixed income risk management software.
Dr. Balachandran received his Ph.D.
and Sc.M.
in physics from Brown University.
He has a bachelor's in Tech in Engineering Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India.
Mohan Balachandran active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
 Teacher Retirement System of Texas Investment ManagersFinance The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | 31/12/2007 |
Former positions of Mohan Balachandran
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
NISA Investment Advisors LLC
 NISA Investment Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance NISA Investment Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. They were founded in 1994 by Jess Yawitz and Bill Marshall as National Investment Services of America, Inc. In 2016, the firm undertook an organizational restructuring with the creation of a new holding company named NISA LLC in order to provide more flexibility in their product offerings. They are now a wholly-owned subsidiary of NISA LLC. NISA Investment Advisors provides investment advice to institutional clients. | Analyst-Fixed Income | 30/12/2007 |
Training of Mohan Balachandran
| Brown University | Doctorate Degree |
| Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | Undergraduate Degree |
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NISA Investment Advisors LLC
NISA Investment Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance NISA Investment Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. They were founded in 1994 by Jess Yawitz and Bill Marshall as National Investment Services of America, Inc. In 2016, the firm undertook an organizational restructuring with the creation of a new holding company named NISA LLC in order to provide more flexibility in their product offerings. They are now a wholly-owned subsidiary of NISA LLC. NISA Investment Advisors provides investment advice to institutional clients. | Finance |
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Teacher Retirement System of Texas Investment ManagersFinance The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature. | Finance |
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