Hitendra D Varsani

Hitendra D. Varsani is head of equity index investment R&D, with over 25 years of experience in quantitative investing, index research and derivative strategy design. He oversees index development research, quantitative research, structured product index design, market insights and AI-driven innovation for index research workflows. He works closely with global asset managers, asset owners and structured product issuers to design scalable, rules-based investment solutions with strong commercial application. Prior to joining MSCI, he was head of the quantitative and derivative strategies team at Morgan Stanley. There, he led the creation of a suite of investable, global long/short factor-based index strategies spanning equities, fixed income, currencies and commodities, as well as futures- and options-based implementations.