Rational Investing's predecessor firm was founded in January
1999, as a financial analytics and software engineering firm with a strong focus
on securities analysis, trading, and ecommerce. It developed the current
generation trading platform of FXCM, now the world's largest online FX dealer.
Rational Investing has since focused entirely on valuation to
support investment management and research. We support a variety of long
only and hedge fund managers using our valuation system from offices in New York
and Mumbai, India.
Manish Aurora
co-founded the firm and has managed its major projects. He designed the
valuation template and information flow of the Rational Investing system based
upon ideas developed a graduate student at the University of Chicago as well as
trading an equity long/short book. Since 1996, he has worked as a risk
management systems consultant to money-center banks and brokerages. His clients
included JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Chase, and US Trust. He has worked at
BlackRock Financial Management, Nomura Securities, Financial Sciences, and
Microsoft. His experience includes massively parallel supercomputing, fixed
income and FX derivatives, and firm-wide credit and market risk management. He
has participated in and managed international teams for several successful
software projects. He has an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BS
from the University of Scranton. Full Resume
Harbhajan Aurora
co-founded the firm and manages its Mumbai offices. He directly oversees the analyst team and
has built several hundred valuations of US firms. This is his third career and second successful entrepreneurial
venture. He built and ran a textile manufacturing and trading business for 20 years in Mumbai before formally
learning programming in 1998. Prior to that he was the manager of Chicago Pneumatic’s North Indian marketing
and operations, responsible for a staff of 30 professionals selling and servicing a variety of machinery for
large infrastructure projects. He holds a BS in Engineering from the University of Punjab.
Contact Rational Investing LLC
40 Exchange Place
Suite 1111
New York, NY 10005
212 466 1119
manish.aurora@rationalinvesting.com
