Research

Deep reinforcement learning for portfolio management

My research develops neural network–based agents that learn portfolio allocation policies directly from market data, and studies how those agents behave across volatility regimes, market-cap segments, and emerging-market conditions.

Research Interests

Financial Time Series

Modelling and forecasting of financial time series data.

Quantitative Finance

Quantitative finance methods and risk management applications.

ML & Deep Learning

Machine learning and deep learning methods for investment and portfolio management.

Portfolio Optimization

Neural network–based portfolio optimization and asset allocation.

Publications

Figure illustrating the Volatility Regime-Dependent Portfolio Optimization study
2026 Scopus – Q1 Asia Pacific Financial Markets

Volatility Regime-Dependent Portfolio Optimization: Empirical Analysis of Deep Reinforcement Learning Agents

Iqbal, K. I., & Ramachandran, R. (2026). Asia Pacific Financial Markets

Examines how deep reinforcement learning portfolio agents behave under different volatility regimes, offering empirical evidence on regime-aware strategy adaptation and its effect on risk-adjusted returns.

View paper (DOI: 10.1007/s10690-026-09629-8)
Figure illustrating the Dynamic Portfolio Optimization study
2025 Scopus – Q2 The Journal of Financial Data Science

Dynamic Portfolio Optimization with Deep Reinforcement Learning: Empirical Insights from Indian Capital Markets

Iqbal, K. I., & Ramachandran, R. (2025). The Journal of Financial Data Science, 8(1), 115–129.

Applies deep reinforcement learning agents to dynamic portfolio allocation in Indian equity markets, benchmarking learned strategies against conventional allocation approaches under real market conditions.

View paper (DOI: 10.3905/jfds.2025.1.210)

Conference Presentations

  • Artificial Intelligence in Stock Market Forecasting: Exploring the Long Short-Term Memory Model for Stock Prediction India Management Research Conference (IMRC 2024), IIM Ahmedabad — 2024
  • ESG Consideration in Investment Decision: Investigating Its Impact on Investment Returns 2nd International Management Conference on Industry 5.0, VIT Bhopal University — 2023