Bernd Scherer

Dr Bernd Scherer is Managing Director and Global Head of Quantitative GTAA Products at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where he is responsible for the creation of active investment strategies within commodities, foreign exchange, credit and equity markets. Before joining Morgan Stanley he has been Head of Quantitative Research and Head of Portfolio Engineering at Deutsche Asset Management in New York. During his 14-year career in asset management he has held various positions at Morgan...See more

Dr Bernd Scherer is Managing Director and Global Head of Quantitative GTAA Products at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where he is responsible for the creation of active investment strategies within commodities, foreign exchange, credit and equity markets. Before joining Morgan Stanley he has been Head of Quantitative Research and Head of Portfolio Engineering at Deutsche Asset Management in New York. During his 14-year career in asset management he has held various positions at Morgan Stanley, Oppenheim Investment Management Schroders and JP Morgan Investment Management. Dr Scherer's current research interests focus on signal construction, asset pricing and portfolio optimisation. He has written four books and more than 40 publications in the Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Investment Management, Risk, Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, Journal of Asset Management etc. Bernd is visiting professor at Birkbeck College and external advisor to the Swiss Finance Institute. See less