Speakers

Shikhar Agarwal covers Non-Agency RMBS and US Housing for Morgan Stanley as a member of their Securitized Products Research team. His primary focus areas include Non-Qualified Mortgages, CRT, Prime Jumbo, NPL/RPL, as well as the forecasting of macro-economic housing variables. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in April 2021, he worked at Nomura covering non-agency RMBS from an analytical lens. Shikhar holds a BE (Hons.) in Electrical Engineering and MSc. (Hons.) in Mathematics from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani, India). He also holds an MS in Financial Engineering from Columbia University.