Vince Chen — Quant Portfolio Manager · Building with AI

I build the engines that power modern active management.

My career is the story of growing with a platform — from my first day as a Quantitative Analyst in 2017 through becoming an SEC-registered Portfolio Manager overseeing a five-ETF suite — and now stepping into the next chapter: active portfolio management reimagined for the AI era.

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The FCF Chapter (2017–2025)

I joined FCF Advisors in October 2017 — not as a founder, but as an analyst with a mandate to build. Over eight years, I:

• Built the quant research infrastructure from scratch — data pipelines, factor library, signal generation, backtesting frameworks, and automated reporting
• Designed and operated portfolio construction processes across five active ETFs spanning U.S. large cap, real assets, innovation, small cap, and fixed income
• Authored SEC prospectuses (N-1A filings) and regulatory documentation for new fund launches
• Developed the Pure Alpha framework for active manager evaluation, and free cash flow research that redefined quality factor construction
• Grew through every role: Quantitative Analyst → Senior Quant → Portfolio Manager → Director of Research → SEC-registered Portfolio Manager (2024)

The platform I built now manages capital as part of Abacus Global Management, following the firm's acquisition by Abacus Life. I serve as VP of Public Equity & Portfolio Management, ensuring continuity of the investment process I built.

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The Transition

In 2024, I earned the CFA charter and was named as an SEC-registered portfolio manager — the institutional capstone of a career built from the ground up. But the industry was changing faster than ever.

I made a deliberate decision: the next decade of active management belongs to those who can fuse quantitative discipline with machine intelligence. So I went back to school.

I am now pursuing a Master of Science in Computer Science & AI at Georgia Tech — not to become an engineer, but to bring modern AI capabilities into the active management toolkit.

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Now

I speak at Future Alpha (2026 panelist, 2027 spotlight interview) on signal fusion and multi-factor investing. I build tools that bridge quantitative finance and modern AI. I write about the intersection of active management, factor investing, and machine intelligence.

My goal is clear: to practice active portfolio management the way it should be done in the AI era — systematic, research-driven, and augmented by intelligence that scales beyond what a human can process alone.

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Credentials

• MS, Computer Science & AI — Georgia Institute of Technology (in progress)
• MS, Quantitative Methods & Modeling — Baruch College
• BEc, Economics — Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
• CFA Charterholder • CQF Institute Member • Salesforce AI Specialist

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