Michele Gambera
Head of Strategic Asset Allocation Modeling, UBS Asset Management
In his role, Michele leads the team developing and maintaining quantitative models used in asset allocation for both clients and the portfolio management teams in Investment Solutions.
Gambera joined UBS Asset Management in 2010 from Ibbotson Associates, Morningstar’s asset allocation consultancy, where he had been Senior Research Consultant and Chief Economist since 2006. In his more than nine years at Morningstar, he was also a Senior Quantitative Analyst and then Chief Economist for Morningstar Associates LLC. Prior to joining Morningstar, he worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago for two years as an Economist in the Supervision and Regulation division.
Alongside his extensive economic and quantitative analysis experience, Michele has a strong academic background, having published in top quality academic journals, and has held various teaching roles---most recently on the Master of Quantitative Finance program at the University of Illinois.
Gambera holds a BA/MA in Economics with honors from the University of Trento, Italy and a PhD in Economics from the Pennsylvania State University. He is a CFA charterholder and co-author of two chapters in the CFA curriculum. He is a member of the Chicago Quantitative Alliance and the CFA Society of Chicago.
Head of Strategic Asset Allocation Modeling, UBS Asset Management
In his role, Michele leads the team developing and maintaining quantitative models used in asset allocation for both clients and the portfolio management teams in Investment Solutions.
Gambera joined UBS Asset Management in 2010 from Ibbotson Associates, Morningstar’s asset allocation consultancy, where he had been Senior Research Consultant and Chief Economist since 2006. In his more than nine years at Morningstar, he was also a Senior Quantitative Analyst and then Chief Economist for Morningstar Associates LLC. Prior to joining Morningstar, he worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago for two years as an Economist in the Supervision and Regulation division.
Alongside his extensive economic and quantitative analysis experience, Michele has a strong academic background, having published in top quality academic journals, and has held various teaching roles---most recently on the Master of Quantitative Finance program at the University of Illinois.
Gambera holds a BA/MA in Economics with honors from the University of Trento, Italy and a PhD in Economics from the Pennsylvania State University. He is a CFA charterholder and co-author of two chapters in the CFA curriculum. He is a member of the Chicago Quantitative Alliance and the CFA Society of Chicago.