Founder background

Built on quantitative markets research and software engineering.

Linero was founded by Kartik Agarwal, whose background spans cross-asset strategy research, portfolio construction and risk management, research infrastructure, and software product development.

The practice

Independent research informed by institutional experience.

Linero is an independent quantitative research and consulting practice. Its approach draws on the founder's experience researching systematic strategies across FX, commodity, equity, and fixed-income futures; constructing portfolios; modelling regimes and risk; and moving research into production.

That markets background is paired with earlier software engineering and product leadership, with emphasis on clear assumptions, reproducible analysis, maintainable systems, and practical handover.

Founder experience

Background applied to Linero's work.

Cross-asset strategy research

At QMS Capital Management, Kartik led end-to-end quantitative research across FX, commodity, equity, and fixed-income futures using economic fundamentals, statistical methods, machine learning, order-flow data, and alternative data.

Portfolio, risk, and research systems

His work included emerging-markets FX research, portfolio construction, regime modelling, risk management, and a modular research platform integrating data pipelines, transaction-cost modelling, attribution, and production monitoring.

Institutional and academic research

Earlier work with GIC and UCLA included NLP research on 10-K filings and U.S. public-policy documents, together with analysis of diversification across equities, debt, and real estate.

Software and product engineering

Before quantitative research, Kartik built financial software at WeInvest and worked as a software engineer and product lead at Zoho ManageEngine, bringing production discipline and product ownership to analytical work.

Founder

Kartik Agarwal

Founder

Kartik Agarwal is the founder of Linero. From 2021 to 2025, he was a Quant Researcher at QMS Capital Management, where his work spanned cross-asset strategy research, portfolio construction, regime and risk modelling, and research infrastructure. Earlier experience includes quantitative research at GIC and UCLA, including a UCLA project with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, as well as software and product roles at WeInvest and Zoho ManageEngine.

Education

Master of Financial Engineering, UCLA Anderson School of Management
B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology

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