About Amol Sahasrabudhe

Amol Sahasrabudhe is a portfolio construction and investment risk management specialist with several years of experience designing asset management products in the multi-portfolio and multi-strategy area. His knowledge spans asset classes, including stocks, macro, credit, and quantitative techniques. He co-founded the AllianceBernstein AB Arya Partners fund and was the SBU's, Chief Risk Officer. Amol has over 22 years of expertise in foundations, pensions, and private wealth management, constructing financial portfolios, designing investment products, and maintaining excellent connections with investors. Sahasrabudhe has also been heavily active in manager selection, allocation, and asset and operations management technology development.

Amol's Professional Career

Amol has several degrees and qualifications, which he combines with real-world experience and high-level investment expertise.

When Sahasrabudhe joined A.B., he was primarily responsible for the AB Arya Partners Group as Chief Risk Officer. He developed multi-year risk strategies for Arya Partners and other Arya strategies and technology to monitor success. Sahasrabudhe decreased the firm's internal and external risk by establishing recruitment processes, outlining investment strategy mandates, and developing personnel.

Amol Sahasrabudhe assisted Arya in developing complicated techniques to optimize profits and minimize risks. He created frameworks to evaluate qualitative and quantitative information to make the best investment recommendations.

Sahasrabudhe formerly worked in this capacity at Visium Asset Management, where he helped grow equities funds into billions of dollars. He created investment strategies, assisted in integrating risk management protocols into portfolios, and implemented internal processes to streamline and optimize operations at Visium. His other duties included steering investments toward alpha and devising analytical tools to assess alpha degradation.

Sahasrabudhe has also worked at Goldman Sachs, Sandell Asset Management, Caxton Associates, and Hapoalim Securities USA, where he handled portfolio building and risk.

Professional Qualifications and Experience

Sahasrabudhe has worked in risk management at several high-level financial firms. To accomplish this, he has created techniques, collaborated with technology and analytics, and advised portfolio managers worldwide on how to get alpha for investment portfolios.

The experience garnered throughout his career includes:

• Constructing complex portfolios

• Establishing volatility frameworks and gross exposure bands

• Performing in-depth analyses

• Modernizing data management systems

• Maintaining relations with investors and portfolio managers through due diligence, business development skills, and marketing techniques

Amol Sahasrabudhe has experience with multiple types of specialized programs and technology, including:

• Systems: Algorithmics; RiskMetrics; Bloomberg; Imagine; Deltix; Murex; Axioma; FinCAD; and Barra

• Software development: Matlab; Perl; Unix Shell; C#; SQL; and Excel/VBA 

In addition, he is knowledgeable about Advent Geneva, Morgan Fund Services, MIK Fund Solutions, EZE Castle/ConvergEx, Paladyne, and Novus.

Professional Advancement

The Global Association of Risk Professionals, or GARP, has qualified Sahasrabudhe as a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and Energy Risk Professional (ERP). This accredited specialization identifies and analyses the market, credit, operational, and liquidity risks in asset management. The energy risk certification delves deeper into energy risk management.

Sahasrabudhe has been recognized as a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, or CAIA, by the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association, indicating that he has extensive knowledge of alternative investments such as private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds.

The CFA Institute has awarded Sahasrabudhe the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) title. He also has a Certificate in Quantitative Finance, abbreviated CQF.

Academic Background

Amol Sahasrabudhe graduated from Maharaja Sayajirao University in India with a B.E. in mechanical engineering. He graduated from the New Jersey Institute of Technology with a Master of Science in computer science and from New York University with a Master of Business Administration in Finance. (From the Stern School of Business).

Sahasrabudhe has contributed to several charitable organizations.

Women's Education Initiative

This program educates and trains young Indian women on the outskirts of society to pursue occupations and engage in the community as change agents, business owners, and valuable employees. Women join a sisterhood in this program's Leadership Academy, empowering them to move beyond social expectations and pressures to create a life they design.

USA Pratham

Pratham was formed in 1994 to alleviate the cycle of unending poverty in Mumbai's worst neighbourhoods. This program began with establishing preschools that provided remedial coursework for struggling primary school children. Pratham created the Annual State of Education Report as a tool for education programs and individuals to use to change education.

Akshaya Patra Foundation is a charitable organization.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation, established in Bengaluru, aims to eradicate hunger among various Indian populations. They provide a mid-day feeding program to youngsters in classrooms. This non-mid-day profit meal program has grown to feed over 2 million children across India. This group also conducts breakfast and food programs for new and expecting moms, children, and homeless women without families.

Personal Hobbies and Interests

Amol Sahasrabudhe has many hobbies outside of investing. He participates in cricket as both a player and a team organizer. He is affiliated with Masters USA, a U.S. squad participating in high-level over-50 cricket tournaments, including the World Cup. Sahasrabudhe is putting up a team from New Jersey to compete in over 50 Master regional tournaments. He also enjoys tennis, and his kid is a player. Ashok also sings. His preference is for Bollywood music.