The former Credit Suisse director joins a deep quantitative team as Blackstone aims to increase its quantitative approach

Limin Wang has become Managing Director of the Quantitative Research team at Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM).

Wang was previously in portfolio management at Laurion Capital Management since 2015. Prior to that, he was a proprietary trader and director at Credit Suisse for 12 years. He also previously worked at Lehman Brothers and served as a research assistant at Columbia University.

Wang received a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to that, he earned a masters degree from Columbia University and a bachelors degree from Fudan University in Shanghai.

John McCormick on Limin Wang

“We are excited to welcome Limin to BAAM as we continue to integrate sophisticated quantitative analysis and investment techniques into all of our strategies,” said John McCormick, President and CEO of Blackstone’s Alternative Asset Management team. “Limin’s deep experience in factor-driven and fundamental-based investing will inform and bolster our quantitative research efforts.”

Expanding the BAAM team

Limin joins a BAAM quantitative team that includes:

• Yan Gu, Head of Quantitative Research and Managing Director, and;
• Jamey Thompson, Managing Director, who leads the group’s systematic investing initiative.

Yan joined Blackstone earlier this year and received a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MS from Stanford University.

Thompson received a Ph.D. from Princeton University’s Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Virginia. Thompson was previously Managing Director and Co-Head of Citadel’s Credit Group.

Blackstone Alternative Asset Management manages approximately $81 billion.