Manulife Asset Management has announced that Gary Li has joined the firm as a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager with responsibility for derivatives portfolios.
He is based in Boston and reports to Barry Evans, President, North American Asset Management and Chief Investment Officer, Asset Allocation.
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Evans said: "Gary is an experienced portfolio manager with deep expertise in derivatives, alternative asset analysis, asset allocation and risk. We are pleased to welcome him to our team."
In his new role at Manulife Asset Management, Mr. Li helps manage approximately US$34 billion in John Hancock wealth management portfolios, as well as developing and managing synthetic asset exposures inside certain asset allocation portfolios. He also is providing advisory and risk support to the firm’s equity and fixed income portfolio managers with respect to their derivative positions.
Previously, Mr. Li was with MetLife Insurance Corporation as an AVP and Manager, Derivatives Risk Management. Prior to that he was Director of Risk Management and Asset Allocation for the South Carolina Retirement Investment Commission, and before that served as Director, Derivatives and Alternative Strategies for Wells Fargo Capital Management.
He holds a PhD (ABD) in Finance from the University of Colorado, a PhD in Statistics from Indiana University, an MS in Operations Research from Tsinghua University in Beijing, and a BA in Applied Mathematics from Sichuan University in Chengdu, China.
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