Jul 27, 2026 · 35 min · 11 segments
In this episode of the *Ghost Stories* podcast, The Finance Ghost sits down with Reza Fakie, portfolio co-manager of the Old Mutual Investment Group Global Managed Alpha Fund. The fund has delivered…
Reza FakieGuest
The Finance GhostHostTo help us understand, portfolio co-manager Reza Fikki is here to take us through it.
Reza, are you tired of people pointing at you and making the, this is my quant joke? Because a big part of what you do in this fund, of course, is very quantitative in nature as opposed to qualitative, right?
So just to set it straight, I've never won a Maths Olympiad and I do speak English.
So surprisingly enough, I started in actuarial science, which isn't really considered an investment field for many.
And quantitative finance as sitting actuarial science, it's actually a combination of three different fields that co-join together and become a very interesting combination.
So you've got that finance background, understanding how the world works and what's happening in the real world.
You've got that maths and stats background where you understand exactly how to measure things, how to understand things, how to understand the mechanics behind things.
And then maybe surprising for some programming, because once you have a great idea that you've come up on the finance side, you've tested it on the maths and stats side, you need to actually use it and actually use it to invest.
Also, I studied actuarial science, which is basically probably the most mathematical thing possible.
To help us understand, portfolio co-manager Reza Fikki is here to take us through it.
Reza, are you tired of people pointing at you and making the, this is my quant joke? Because a big part of what you do in this fund, of course, is very quantitative in nature as opposed to qualitative, right?
So just to set it straight, I've never won a Maths Olympiad and I do speak English.
So surprisingly enough, I started in actuarial science, which isn't really considered an investment field for many.
And quantitative finance as sitting actuarial science, it's actually a combination of three different fields that co-join together and become a very interesting combination.
So you've got that finance background, understanding how the world works and what's happening in the real world.
You've got that maths and stats background where you understand exactly how to measure things, how to understand things, how to understand the mechanics behind things.
And then maybe surprising for some programming, because once you have a great idea that you've come up on the finance side, you've tested it on the maths and stats side, you need to actually use it and actually use it to invest.
Also, I studied actuarial science, which is basically probably the most mathematical thing possible.
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