Osman Awan has joined The Voleon Group as a Lead Quant Trading Strategist, where he will manage a team focused on multi-asset research and optimization across execution and securities finance, according to his LinkedIn profile.
The move brings Awan to the Berkeley-based quantitative investment firm from Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management, where he most recently served as Head of Quant Trading and Trading Research.
At CC&L, Awan was responsible for execution and execution research across the firm’s quantitative equity portfolios.
He had been with the investment manager for 7.5 years and was promoted to principal in 2021.
Prior to CC&L, Awan spent about three years in roles spanning equity trading and market structure. He was Vice President of Business Development at Instinet from June 2017 to November 2018, following a role in Business Development focused on Equity Trading and Market Structure at Aequitas NEO Exchange from March 2016 to June 2017.
Earlier in his career, Awan spent nearly five years at CIBC World Markets as an Associate in Equity Derivatives Trading and Coverage, from April 2011 to February 2016.
In his new role at Voleon, Awan will oversee a team working across multiple asset classes, with responsibilities spanning quantitative research and optimization of trading execution and securities finance.
Voleon is a quantitative investment firm that uses systematic, data-driven approaches across global financial markets. The firm’s platform combines quantitative research, technology and trading to develop investment strategies across asset classes.
