SINOPIA Asset Management* HSBC´s global specialist in quantitative asset management has been a pioneer since 1989 in introducing quantitative strategies and structured products to Europe. Sinopia's research-driven culture underlies its innovation; particularly research plays a central role in the investment process through the creation of return forecasting, risk and asset allocation models.

Sinopia's has entered an agreement with the University to fund a three- year postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Financial Econometrics attached to the CIMF which will be known as the 'Cambridge Finance Sinopia Research Fellowship.