Member Profile

Dr. Wei-Yin Hu is Vice President and head of the Financial Research group at Financial Engines. His team’s responsibilities include the development of the analytical models that generate Financial Engines’ recommendations and forecasts, and the design of new retirement advice services. Dr. Hu has expertise in asset pricing, capital markets, taxation, and retirement economics. He joined Financial Engines after leaving a position as an economics professor at UCLA, where he taught for five years. Throughout his career, he has published research in leading academic and practitioner journals and has given invited lectures in numerous academic and non-academic settings. Dr. Hu received a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.