PGIM Quantitative Solutions makes senior hire

PGIM Quantitative Solutions , the quantitative and multi-asset solutions specialist of PGIM, has grown its London-based team with the appointment of Roy Martins as chief business officer for the PGIM Wadhwani investment platform. 

PGIM Quantitative Solutions (PGIM Quant), the quantitative and multi-asset solutions specialist of PGIM, has grown its London-based team with the appointment of Roy Martins as chief business officer for the PGIM Wadhwani investment platform. 

PGIM is the $1.2 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc.
 
Martins reports to Linda Gibson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for PGIM Quant. In this newly created role, he will drive and develop PGIM Wadhwani’s business strategy and collaborate across investment and distribution functions to coordinate teams for developing products and evolving client solutions. He will also support efforts to further enhance PGIM Wadhwani’s client-facing teams, with a particular focus on strengthening high-net-worth partnerships.
  
Martins joins from Mizuho International where he was head of EMEA sales and client relationship management. Prior to this, he has held managing director positions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley.
  
PGIM Wadhwani specialises in systematic macro investing and provides diversifying strategies that aim to perform well in a variety of environments including those in which equity markets do poorly or inflation is high and volatile. These strategies are either available on a stand-alone basis or can be used to create customised overlay solutions.