Quant Investing

Since joining Prabhudas Lilladher in 2016, Siddharth Vora has become an integral part of the group’s new-age business initiatives. He spearheaded PL’s foray into the Quantitative Asset Management space.Currently, he heads the Quantitative Investment Strategy division and is also the Fund Manager of the group’s Portfolio Management Services business.Siddharth has conceptualized and developed PL’s flagship PMS offering – Multi – Asset Dynamic Portfolio (MADP). This is India’s first multi – asset PMS that deploys quantitative technology for asset allocation.Siddharth built and led the team of experts with whom he spent over three years conducting extensive research and rigorous testing to develop 10 proprietary meters for MADP. These track over 250+ parameters, to dynamically arrive at the optimal asset allocation. The aim is to help investors ride the upside and protect capital in a down cycle. It gives the investor exposure to seven different asset classes and has zero human fund manager bias due to its use of quant technology. Given its strong value proposition, great feedback from market veterans and clients, MADP is today PL’s leading Multi Asset PMS offering.He is also the Fund Manager of PL’s Multi Strategy PMS which is an active equity PMS.
Siddharth is one of the youngest Fund Managers in India, and brings in both deep subject-matter expertise as well as fresh perspective.
He is frequently invited on leading business channels, seminars and conclaves for his insightful views and deep understanding of the capital markets.Before his move to the funds management business within the group, Siddharth also played a key role in driving PL’s investment advisory business.Besides MADP, Siddharth has also developed EDGE-360, DNA + VE and, DELTA Investment frameworks, to simplify the stock selection process. In fact, his innovative work in the field of investment strategy research has received outstanding feedback from investors, clients and readers.On the academic front, Siddharth is a Chartered Accountant and a CFA Charter holder. He has also completed M.Sc. in Management for Business Excellence with a double diploma in World Politics from University of Warwick. That apart, Siddharth has successfully completed summer programs from world renowned universities such as Harvard, London School of Economics and Cornell.At leisure, Siddharth enjoys playing badminton, reading investing focused books and journals and watching movies.