Liqian Ren | Source | Director of Modern Alpha at WisdomTree
Liqian Ren
Liqian Ren, Ph.D., joined WisdomTree as Director of Modern Alpha in 2018. She leads WisdomTree’s quantitative investment capabilities and serves as a thought leader for WisdomTree’s Modern Alpha® approach. Liqian was previously at Vanguard, where she worked for 12 years, most recently as a portfolio manager in the Quantitative Equity Group, managing Vanguard’s active funds and conducting research on factor strategies. Prior to joining Vanguard, she was an associate economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Liqian received her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Peking University in Beijing, her master’s in Economics from Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis, and her MBA and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Liqian co-hosts a podcast on China and Asian markets with Jeremy Schwartz, WisdomTree’s Global Head of Research, and she is a co-host on the Wharton Business Radio program Behind the Markets on SiriusXM 132.
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“A slowing economy presents a governance challenge to the central government even as protests typically don’t present an existential risk and local officials are responsible for dealing with such events, according to Liqian Ren, director of Modern Alpha at WisdomTree Inc., a New York-based asset management firm. “More protests mean central government policies can’t be effectively carried out,” she said. “Its strategic long-term goals can’t be achieved when short-term needs are now more on people’s minds.” – Bloomberg
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“Market volatility in China, but not the United States, is likely to make “China feel more obligated to counter this volatility,” she said. In contrast to three or four years ago, Ren said, Chinese stock market volatility today has a greater impact on economic confidence.” - CNBC
