About
Saleh Saad currently serves as a Trader at Compass Rose Asset Management, LP, having joined the firm in June 2025. At Compass Rose, he contributes to the firm's opportunistic long/short credit strategy, focusing on volatility and relative value opportunities within the credit markets. His role involves active trading and quantitative analysis across fixed income and credit-related instruments, leveraging complex models and statistical methods to generate alpha.
Previously, Saleh worked as a Quantitative Trader at Laniakea Funds, where he specialized in algorithmic trading and volatility strategies from November 2023 to June 2025. Prior to that, he was a Credit Trader at NISA Investment Advisors, LLC, with a focus on structured credit and fixed income securities. Throughout his career, Saleh has built expertise spanning quantitative finance, portfolio risk management, and advanced modeling techniques.
Saleh holds a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Economics from The University of Chicago, with additional coursework in advanced calculus and physics from Harvard University. His academic background underpins his proficiency in quantitative analysis and his ability to navigate complex investment environments, particularly in the fixed income, volatility, and credit sectors.
Career History
| Organization | Role | Date Range | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compass Rose Asset Management, LP | Trader | Jun 2025 to Present | — |
| Laniakea Funds | Quantitative Trader | Nov 2023 to Jun 2025 | Laniakea is a hedge fund focused on active relative value trading of volatility assets. |
| NISA Investment Advisors, LLC | Credit Trader | Jan 2023 to Nov 2023 | Actively traded Emerging Market Sovereign and Technology Credit to generate alpha over several credit benchmarks using relative value strategies for $80 billion in tax-exempt portfolios. Also assisted... |
| NISA Investment Advisors, LLC | Fixed Income and Derivatives Analyst | Jun 2020 to Dec 2022 | Allocated Credit, Rates, and Derivatives trades to separately managed accounts (SMAs). Automated processes and built tools (Python/VBA/Excel). Performed credit relative value analysis for Traders/PMs.... |
| Citi | Markets Summer Analyst | Jun 2019 to Aug 2019 | Heavily utilized acumen in Python, VBA and excel and conducted mathematical and statistical analysis to generate an independent measure of volatility in order to compare it to implied volatility perce... |
| Deutsche Bank | Corporate Strategy Intern | Jul 2017 to Aug 2017 | Worked in the Corporate Strategy Department reporting directly to the Global Head of Corporate Strategy Key assignment included working on sections of the presentation outlining comparative analysis o... |
| StormHarbour Securities LLP | Investment Banking Summer Analyst | Jul 2016 to Sep 2016 | Assisted in financial analysis of high yield credit for raising secured financing from international capital markets. Helped with data mining for industry study on UAE oil & gas commodity trading indu... |
| Goldman Sachs | Work Study Student | Jun 2015 to Jul 2015 | Work shadowed a Managing Director working on pitching Goldman’s alternatives (private equity) asset management capability. Learned about the functions of various divisions within Goldman and the proce... |
| Wajib | Cofounder | Aug 2014 to Apr 2015 | An organization and initiative geared towards investing in students entrepreneurial ideas to improve sustainability in the U.A.E. We received sponsorships from Apparel Group, Aramex, SamTech, Aquafina... |
Education
The University of Chicago
Bachelor of Science (B. Sc) / Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Double Major: Mathematics, Economics
2016 — 2020
Jumeirah College
A and AS Levels
2008 — 2016
Harvard University
Calculus I; Principles of Physics II
2015 — 2015
Others at Compass Rose Asset Management, LP (11)
| Name | Role | Location |
|---|---|---|
A Anthony Avona | Trader | NY , United States |
 | Senior Trader | New York, NY , United States |
P Prashant Sundar | Senior Investment Analyst | New York, NY , United States |
 | Trader | New York, NY , United States |
 | Investment Research | New York, NY , United States |
A Andrew Lewenec | Index Trader | New York, NY , United States |
 | Analyst | New York, NY , United States |
J James Ferguson | Associate | New Rochelle, NY , United States |
 | Portfolio Manager | New York, NY , United States |
 | Trader | NY , United States |
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