Alper Daglioglu

Managing Director, Head of Global Investment Manager Analysis, Morgan Stanley

Alper Daglioglu is a managing director at Morgan Stanley and currently heads the Global Investment Manager Analysis (GIMA) group, which is responsible for all manager research and due diligence efforts on traditional and alternative investment strategies.  Previously, he was the head of manager research for alternative investment strategies within Morgan Stanley Wealth Management.  Prior to that, Mr. Daglioglu was the Chief Investment Officer for Morgan Stanley Managed Futures.  Prior to that role, he was a Senior Analyst at the Product Origination Group within Morgan Stanley Managed Futures Department.  In addition to his responsibilities within Managed Futures Department, Mr. Daglioglu was also the lead investment analyst for Global Macro and Managed Futures strategies within Morgan Stanley Graystone Research Group.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Galatasaray University and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst’s Isenberg School of Management. He was awarded a full merit scholarship and research assistantship at the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets during his graduate studies. In this capacity, he worked with various major financial institutions in performance monitoring, asset allocation and statistical analysis projects and specialized on alternative approaches to risk assessment for hedge funds and managed futures. Mr. Daglioglu wrote and published numerous research papers on alternative investments. He is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst charterholder.