Qingxi Steve Xia

Professor of the Practice of Finance in the Brandeis International Business School

Departments/Programs

International Business School

Degrees

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D.

Expertise

Quantitative Investment, Machine Learning in Finance, Portfolio Management, Fixed Income Securities, Asset allocation and Derivatives

Profile

Professor Xia has over seventeen years’ experience working in the investment management industry. Professor Xia is currently a senior managing director at Guardian and head of the quantitative research and analytics team. Before joining Guardian, Professor Xia was leader of active asset allocation research for over $250 Billion of multi-assets funds at Fidelity Investments. Professor Xia also worked as a principal at the Vanguard group where he led a team of quantitative analysts focusing on developing fixed income trading strategies and managing credit long-short hedged strategies. Professor Xia received his Ph.d. in Engineering from MIT and is a CFA and FRM charter holder

Courses Taught

FIN	270a	Options and Derivatives
FIN	285a	Computer Simulations and Risk Assessment