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mehraj mattoo

mehraj mattoo -lrb- महराज मट्टू -lrb- hindi -rrb- -rrb- is the founder of commonwealth asset management and the former global head of commerzbank alternative investment strategies -lrb- comas -rrb- , one of the largest hedge fund groups globally -lrb- investhedge 2009 ; the billion dollar club -rrb- .
prior to commerzbank , dr. mattoo was the managing director of dresdner kleinwort wasserstein , the investment banking arm of dresdner bank , the second largest bank in germany .
commerzbank and dresdner bank merged in 2009 to form one of the largest banks in europe .
prior to dresdner kleinwort , dr. mattoo was the global co-head of the fund derivatives group at bnp paribas , the largest french/global bank by assets , where he pioneered the use of structured products on alternative investments , especially hedge funds .
dr. mattoo is a former executive director of canadian imperial bank of commerce -lrb- cibc -rrb- and a director of natwest capital markets , the investment banking arm of britain 's largest bank , national westminster bank , now part of rbs group .
in 2006 , dr. mattoo caused controversy by launching a joint research programme with imperial college that aims to de-construct hedge funds using artificial intelligence .
commerzbank claimed significant performance gains from the programme .
dr. mattoo is a leading commentator on hedge funds and a known critic of the traditional fund of hedge funds model .
dr. mattoo was born in india but was educated at britain 's imperial college .
he holds mba , msc and phd -lrb- financial economics -rrb- degrees from london university .
dr. mattoo was the inaugural natwest research fellow at imperial college -lrb- 1986 -- 1989 -rrb- and a visiting research scholar at the mit sloan school of management .
dr. mattoo is the author of `` structured derivatives '' published by the financial times , london -lrb- 1997 -rrb- and is a recipient of the diploma of imperial college -lrb- dic -rrb- .
