Photios Harmantzis

Dr. Harmantzis joined FX Concepts in June 2006, as a member of the Investment Management Research group.
His responsibilities include researching and developing new proprietary investment and trading models for the firm's portfolios.
He has prior systematic trading hedge fund experience in the areas of Long/Short (Market Neutral) U.S.
equities (fundamentals driven) and Long/Short U.S.
credit (capital structure arbitrage).
Besides the US, he worked in Canada and Greece.
His current research interests include various topics in finance, such as equity and credit modeling, financial econometrics, real options, risk management and optimal portfolio construction.
His works have been presented in several conferences and he maintains strong ties with academia.
Dr. Hermantzis earned his Ph.D.
from the University of Toronto, an MBA from the Rotman School (U.
Toronto) & Stern (NYU), and a Master's from the University of Pennsylvania.