Embracing Math for Daily Decision Making Sebastian Ceria, CEO of Qontigo

Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 7 a.m.

b'Miguel Armaza sits down with Sebastian Ceria, CEO of Qontigo, a NY-based global company that combines the most sophisticated risk analytics and portfolio-construction tools in the market, while also offering indexing services. Qontigo has over 550 employees, but it\\u2019s one of those revolutionary and successful companies most people haven\\u2019t heard of.\\n \\nPrior to launching his own venture, Sebastian was an Associate Professor of Decision, Risk and Operations at Columbia Business School. But after seeing the incredible entrepreneurial success from some of his former students, he decided to leave academia and launch his own ventures in 1998.\\n\\nAbout Qontigo\\n\\nQontigo is a financial intelligence innovator and a leader in the modernization of investment management, from risk to return.\\nThe combination of the group\\u2019s world-class indices and best-of-breed analytics, underpinned by technological expertise and customer-driven innovation, enables its clients to achieve competitive advantage in a rapidly changing marketplace.\\n\\nQontigo\\u2019s global client base includes the world\\u2019s largest financial products issuers, capital owners and asset managers. Created in 2019 through the combination of Axioma, DAX and STOXX, Qontigo is part of Deutsche B\\xf6rse Group, headquartered in Eschborn with key locations in New York, Zug and London.'