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Artur Sepp is the Director of Research at Quantica Capital AG in Zurich focusing on the research and development of systematic data-driven investment strategies and asset allocation. Prior, Artur worked at Julius Baer in Zurich as Senior Quant Strategist developing algorithmic solutions and investment strategies for trading and portfolio advisory. Before, Artur has worked in leading roles as a Front Office Quant Strategist for equity and credit derivatives trading at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London and Merrill Lynch in New York since 2006. Artur holds a PhD in Mathematical Statistics from University of Tartu, an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from Northwestern University, and a BA in Mathematical Economics with distinction from Tallinn University of Technology. Artur’s research and expertise are on econometric data analysis, statistical machine learning and computational methods, and on the design of research and trading infrastructure and technology with applications for quantitative trading, asset allocation and wealth management. Recently, Artur has been working on a few applications of Decentralized Finance (DeFi). He is the author and co-author of several research articles on quantitative finance published in key journals. Artur is known for his contributions to stochastic volatility and credit risk modelling with an H-index of 16. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Computational Finance.

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