Derek Devens, CFA
Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager
Neuberger Berman
Derek Devens, CFA, is Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager at Neuberger Berman. Derek joined the firm in 2016. Prior to Neuberger Berman, Derek was responsible for both Research and Portfolio Management at Horizon Kinetics. Derek was a member of the Investment Committee and responsible for co-managing the Kinetics Alternative Income Fund and various separate account strategies. Prior to Horizon Kinetics, Derek was a Vice President with Goldman Sachs’ Global Manager Strategies Group where he was responsible for conducting investment manager research. Previously, Derek was a fixed income portfolio manager at both Fischer Francis Trees & Watts and Bond Logistix. He received a BS in Civil Engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from New York University. He has been awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Gaurav Sinha
Managing Director, Head of Americas, Global Research & Design
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI)
Gaurav Sinha serves as Managing Director, Head of Americas, Global Research & Design at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). He is responsible for the conceptualization and design of new indices using a combination of analytical, commercial, and regulatory considerations. Gaurav also regularly publishes research on new and existing products, and represents S&P DJI at media engagements, conferences, and other client events. Prior to joining S&P DJI in 2020, Gaurav spent over a decade in investment management, leading asset allocation and managing investment strategies for some of the world’s largest money managers. Most recently, he built the asset allocation business at WisdomTree Asset Management and led client engagements globally. At WisdomTree, Gaurav led a team creating and running systematic investment strategies for large institutional clients across the U.S., Latin America, Europe, Israel, and Asia Pacific. Prior to WisdomTree, Gaurav worked for Windhaven Investment Management, a Boston-based quantitative global macro RIA with roughly USD 18 billion AUM at its peak. At Windhaven, he was responsible for asset allocation, trading, and modeling research. In addition, Gaurav has worked for Morgan Stanley and World Bank Group. As an Equity Structurer at Morgan Stanley, his team priced and calibrated all equity-exotic products that the company traded in North America. At World Bank Group, he built an asset allocation framework guiding the IFC’s credit portfolio, with USD 90 billion across 100 countries and 30 sectors. He holds a master’s degree in financial engineering from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in technology from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).
Matt Moran
Head of Index Insights
Cboe Global Markets
Matt Moran is Head of Index Insights at Cboe Global Markets. In this role, Moran is focused on the exchange's educational efforts for pension funds, Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs), mutual funds, and other institutional investors. He has traveled to more than 100 cities worldwide to educate investors and deliver financial presentations. Prior to joining Cboe, Moran served as Trust Counsel at Harris Bank and Vice President at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He is an associate editor of The Journal of Beta Investment Strategies and has written articles for several financial publications, including The Journal of Trading and The Journal of Alternative Investments. Moran holds MBA and JD degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.