Director of Modern Alpha
Liqian Ren, Ph.D., joined WisdomTree as Director of Modern Alpha in 2018. She leads WisdomTree’s quantitative investment capabilities and serves as a thought leader for WisdomTree’s Modern Alpha® approach. Liqian was previously at Vanguard, where she worked for 12 years, most recently as a portfolio manager in the Quantitative Equity Group managing Vanguard’s active funds and conducting research on factor strategies. Prior to joining Vanguard, she was an associate economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Liqian received her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Peking University in Beijing, her master’s in Economics from Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis, and her MBA and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Liqian co-hosts a podcast on China and Asian markets with Jeremy Schwartz, WisdomTree’s Global Head of Research, and she is a co-host on the Wharton Business Radio program Behind the Markets on SiriusXM 132.
As U.S.-China tensions deepen, Beijing is reshuffling supply chains and signaling restraint in the Middle East, all while domestic demand shows tentative signs of life. Liqian Ren explains how China’s multi-pronged strategy reveals a nation maneuvering through economic fragility and global recalibration.
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U.S. policy uncertainty is now a wild card for the dollar aside from foreign volatility. Liqian Ren explains how a bottom-up dynamic hedging model offers investors a way to manage currency risk.
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Currency movement is notoriously unpredictable, with inherent risks for investors to navigate. Liqian Ren explains how our dynamic hedging strategies may help mitigate this unpredictability, using refined models to balance flexibility and protection in international portfolios.
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Commodity prices dropped amid U.S. election and Chinese fiscal policy headlines, but some sectors may be poised for recovery. Nitesh Shah and Liqian Ren review the possible ramifications of a Trump presidency and a China stimulus plan on the WisdomTree Enhanced Commodity Strategy Fund (GCC). 
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On September 24, China’s capital markets regulators unveiled a series of monetary policy and market initiatives. Liqian Ren outlines key points and discusses how the markets may respond to these announcements. 
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China’s noteworthy Third Plenum focused on a short-term stimulus to meet this year’s growth target and stressed ongoing investment in manufacturing without introducing major new stimulus measures. Liqian Ren and Baoqi Zhu highlight potential opportunities in high-tech manufacturing sectors such as lithium-ion batteries. 
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