AI vs Physics in Portfolio Optimisation 

Revant Nayar is the Principal and CIO of FMI Tech, a pioneering quantum-inspired quantitative hedge fund in the Indian and US markets. He began his career researching quantum field theory and string theory at IAS and Princeton, later transitioning to finance. Nayar has achieved notable success, generating Sharpe ratios over 3 and winning several innovation awards in quantitative finance. He has been featured at at prestigious conferences such as Bloomberg, ELS, EMEX and QuantMinds, and leads a significant international econophysics research collaboration, FTERC. Today, Nayar is recognized as a trailblazing quant fund manager and a leader in applying quantum and physics-inspired principles to asset and risk management.