Ronan is the creator of HuckfinnInvest.com. He has been a Quantitative Developer/Researcher for more than 30 years, most recently holding the position as Head of Research for Smart-Beta Equity Strategies at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Strategies based on his research and portfolio construction patent are used in the management of over $25 billion at Goldman. He designed and managed the popular ActiveBeta ETFs of which the ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap ETF is the largest with ~$11 billion in assets.

He has published research in top peer-reviewed journals - Financial Anaylst Journal, Journal of Portfolio Management and Journal of Index Investing and co-authored two books on the subject of equity factor investing.

He graduated from Purdue University with an Masters in Computer Science where he was awarded a Fulbright Scholorship and a Bachelor's degree in Applied Physics from Dublin City University, Ireland.

Journal Articles:

Constructing Long-Only Multifactor Strategies: Portfolio Blending vs Signal Blending
Financial Analysts Journal - Vol. 74 July 2018

Passive Implementation of Factor Diversification Strategies
The Journal of Index Investing - Summer 2014

Low-Volatility Investing: Balancing Total Risk and Active Risk Considerations
The Journal of Portfolio Managment - Fall 2013 Vol. 40

Books:

Equity Smart Beta and Factor Investing for Practitioners
Wiley 2019

ActiveBeta Indexes: Capturing Systematic Sources of Active Equity Returns
Wiley, 2010