Maths to markets. Systematic from day one.

I started in mathematics and statistics, then spent time in industry building data pipelines and analytics at scale. That work sharpened an interest in machine learning for adversarial settings, which led to an MSc in Financial Engineering at Imperial and the development of systematic trading systems for live markets.

Tevvis grew out of that work in 2023 as an independent research vehicle for systematic equity strategies deployed on real capital. The name means 23 in Marathi.

Current research extends this into game-theoretic multi-agent reinforcement learning for computer vision, through a funded PhD supervised by Shaheer at the Barts Cancer Institute.

Sep 2018 – Jun 2021
BSc Mathematics and Statistics
University of Portsmouth
Numerical analysis, statistical learning, stochastic calculus. Foundation in the mathematics behind everything that followed.
Sep 2021 – Nov 2023
Data Engineer / Data Science
Tata Consultancy Services
Built data pipelines and analytics workflows at enterprise scale. Machine learning applications in production environments.
Jan 2023
Founded Tevvis
Independent Quantitative Research
First live systematic trade. Full research lifecycle from signal generation through to deployment on real capital.
Feb 2024 – Aug 2024
Data Analyst
Meta
Cross-functional analytics, operational and business reporting, surfacing actionable insights at scale.
Aug 2025 – Jun 2026
MSc Financial Engineering
Imperial College London
Systematic trading strategies, econometrics, stochastic calculus. Thesis on Bayesian stock screening and cluster-based portfolio optimisation in distressed markets.
Sep 2025 – Dec 2025
Joint Research Collaboration
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Coauthored research with Prudhvi Reddy on clustering-based alternatives to classical mean-variance portfolio optimisation.
Apr 2026 – Jun 2026
Systematic Trading Strategies Research Competition
Alken Fund
Full supervised metamodel pipeline for primary directional signals across equity, energy, and metals futures. STFT spectral decomposition, CVAE latent embedding, HMM regime detection.
Jul 2026 – Present
PhD Computer Science
Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London
Funded doctoral research in game-theoretic multi-agent reinforcement learning for computer vision. Supervised by Dr Shaheer Ullah Saeed.
IMPERIAL
IIT MADRAS
TCS
META
QMUL
Live since January 2023
Strategy

Systematic equity.

A regime-conditional ML strategy deployed on real capital via Trading212. Fully systematic with no discretionary overrides. The strategy identifies market regimes, generates signals within each, and constructs portfolios of liquid equities.

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Performance represents live, real-capital results from a funded portfolio managed since January 2023. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Tevvis is a research operation, not an investment adviser.

Research

Technical research notes.

Working papers on regime-conditional equity strategies.

Paper 001 · 2026

Features for Screening Versus Features for Clustering: A Methodological Distinction in Systematic Equity Investment

SSRN 6630038

Investigates the distinction between features used for screening and features used for clustering in systematic equity strategies, arguing that conflating the two introduces systematic bias into portfolio construction.

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Paper 002 · 2026

Short-Horizon Excess Returns in Liquid Equities: Regime-Dependent Properties of a Systematic Programme

SSRN 6553679

Examines how short-horizon excess returns in liquid equities vary across market regimes, demonstrating that a regime-conditional programme captures alpha that unconditional models miss.

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Paper 003 · 2026

Return Predictability or Risk Timing? Bootstrap Evidence from a Century of US Equity Data

SSRN 6538498

Uses bootstrap methods on a century of US equity data to disentangle whether systematic strategy performance arises from genuine return predictability or from implicit risk timing through regime detection.

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Paper 004 · 2026

The CDS-Bond Basis: A Markov-Switching Friction Decomposition with Nonlinear Amplification

SSRN 6537820

Decomposes the CDS-bond basis through a Markov-switching framework, modelling friction dynamics and nonlinear amplification mechanisms across credit market regimes.

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Paper 005 · 2026

Currency Factor Combination and Cross-Sectional Pricing: Shrinkage Convergence, Alternative Methods, and the Identification of Volatility Risk

SSRN 6537340

Examines currency factor combination through shrinkage convergence and alternative methods, identifying volatility risk as a distinct priced factor in cross-sectional currency returns.

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Paper 006 · 2026

Clustering-Based Alternatives to Mean-Variance Portfolio Optimisation

SSRN 6027874

Proposes clustering-based portfolio construction methods as alternatives to traditional mean-variance optimisation, showing improved out-of-sample stability and reduced sensitivity to estimation error.

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Paper 007 · 2025

Probability and Machine Learning Methods in Predictive Modelling: Applications to Alternative Data

SSRN 5400018

Applies probabilistic and machine learning methods to predictive modelling in alternative data settings, with applications to sports analytics as a domain for out-of-sample validation.

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