A research-driven investment practice combining quantitative rigor with fundamental insight to deliver consistent, risk-managed portfolio returns.
We believe sustainable returns are generated through fundamental understanding, systematic process, and resilient risk management.
Positions typically begin with quantitative screening across macroeconomic indicators, sector dynamics, and volatility signals, followed by analysis of relative value and momentum across broad market segments.
Entry, exit, and position sizing follow a disciplined, repeatable signal framework calibrated to market context. Conviction scores remove bias and ensure process consistency across market environments.
The framework incorporates concentration awareness, drawdown sensitivity, and regime-adaptive sizing, with the goal of limiting the impact of any single event on the broader portfolio.
Ankita brings 15 years of experience in quantitative investment strategy, portfolio construction, risk management, and technology across institutional and investment management environments. She led portfolio strategy for $5 billion in assets at a $400 billion institutional asset manager, constructing multi-factor risk models and designing the analytics that drove capital allocation across institutional balance sheets.
She founded Rowan Rock Capital Management to apply that same institutional discipline to a focused, high-conviction strategy, combining quantitative rigor with fundamental insight to deliver consistent, risk-managed returns.
Ankita holds a Master of Science in Quantitative Risk Analysis & Management from Georgia State University and an MBA in Finance from the Indian School of Business.
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