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Jason Hsu is an Adjunct Professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management, specializing in Finance. He received his Ph.D. in Finance from UCLA in 2005 and teaches courses in Financial Policy for Managers and Quantitative Asset Management. Hsu is a founder and the Chief Investment Officer of Rayliant Global Advisors, a quantitative asset management firm based in Hong Kong, and co-founder of the Smart Beta initiative at Research Affiliates. He is recognized as a thought leader in the Smart Beta space and serves as a non-executive chairman at Henderson Rowe, a UK-based wealth management company. His research interests are focused on asset allocation, factor investing, cross-sectional equity anomalies, and optimal portfolio allocations. Hsu has published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles and serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Investment Management, as well as on the editorial boards of several financial journals. Additionally, he has been honored with various awards for his research, including the Graham & Dodd Scroll and the William F. Sharpe Award.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.