Prakhar Bansal
Market Strategist at The University of Chicago Endowment
Profile
Mr. Prakhar Bansal, CFA MBA, is an Assistant Vice President & Managing Director of Strategy at The University of Chicago Endowment.
He is focused on the development and management of the overall investment strategy for the endowment.
He joined the Office of Investments in 2003 as the manager of quantitative research to spearhead risk management and asset allocation.
He was manager of absolute return investments from 2006 to 2009 and was promoted to senior portfolio manager for the public markets (global equities and fixed income) and absolute return portfolio, a position he held from 2009 to 2012.
This portfolio’s strategy was featured in an article he co-authored, “A Framework for Manager Selection” for the NMS Exchange.
From 2012 to 2014, he was senior portfolio manager for real assets, responsible for the University’s investments in natural resources and real estate.
Prior to joining the University, he was a senior quantitative analyst with Morningstar; a firm he was with from 1996 to 2003.
He holds an MBA in analytic finance and economics with high honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an MS from The Ohio State University, and B.Tech.
from The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
He is a CFA Charterholder.
Prakhar Bansal active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
The University of Chicago Endowment
 The University of Chicago Endowment Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous The University of Chicago Endowment (UCE) manages the endowment of the University of Chicago, a private research university headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. They are responsible for overseeing the investment of the University's investment assets including the endowment, pensions, and other related assets. The University of Chicago’s endowment supports the fundamental mission of the institution—to produce a caliber of teaching and research that regularly leads to advances across the sciences, medicine, law, business, the arts, and humanistic inquiry. The endowment provides a permanent source of income to these endeavors by supplementing the operating budget of the University. | Market Strategist | 31/12/2002 |
Former positions of Prakhar Bansal
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| MORNINGSTAR, INC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 29/12/2002 |
Training of Prakhar Bansal
| The Ohio State University | Graduate Degree |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Undergraduate Degree |
| The University of Chicago Booth School of Business | Masters Business Admin |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| MORNINGSTAR, INC. | Finance |
| Private companies | 1 |
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The University of Chicago Endowment
The University of Chicago Endowment Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous The University of Chicago Endowment (UCE) manages the endowment of the University of Chicago, a private research university headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. They are responsible for overseeing the investment of the University's investment assets including the endowment, pensions, and other related assets. The University of Chicago’s endowment supports the fundamental mission of the institution—to produce a caliber of teaching and research that regularly leads to advances across the sciences, medicine, law, business, the arts, and humanistic inquiry. The endowment provides a permanent source of income to these endeavors by supplementing the operating budget of the University. | Miscellaneous |
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