Antti Suhonen

Antti has worked as an independent consultant and advisor to clients in the financial services sector, with a focus on alternative investments and financial markets. He also holds a position as Professor of Practice in Finance at Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland. His teaching and research interests include alternative investments, financial institutions, and fixed income and credit markets.

Antti previously held various derivatives structuring, product development, sales, and trading roles in investment banking over two decades. He was most recently Managing Director and global head of origination in the Equity and Funds Structured Markets business at Barclays Investment Bank in London, concentrating on alternative investments and quantitative investment strategies. Prior to Barclays, Antti worked at Bankers Trust in London and Union Bank of Finland (now Nordea Bank) in Helsinki and London. He holds an M.Sc. (Economics) and a Ph.D. (Finance) from Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration.

Education

• Antti holds a Ph.D. in Finance and a M.Sc. in Economics from Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration.

Experience

Antti holds a position as Professor of Practice in Finance at Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland. His teaching and research interests include alternative investments, financial institutions, and fixed income and credit markets.

He previously held various derivatives structuring, product development, sales, and trading roles in investment banking, most recently as Managing Director and global head of Origination in the Equity and Funds Structured Markets business at Barclays Capital, concentrating on alternative investments and quantitative investment strategies.

Publications

Journal article-refereed, Original research

• Quantifying Backtest Overfitting in Alternative Beta Strategies; Lennkh, Matthias; Perez, Fabrice 2017 in JOURNAL OF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT (INST INVESTOR INC) ISSN: 0095-4918

Published development or research report

• Determinants of Swap Spreads in a Developing Financial Market 1997
• Bond Futures Arbitrage and the Determinants of Bond Futures Basis in Finland 1997