THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

SPIVA Awards were created to encourage the undertaking of distinctive, high-quality research on the use of financial market indices for investment analysis and management. Eligible papers may cover topics related to the use of indices in portfolio allocation, for performance evaluation, as the basis for investment products or related trading activities. Research focusing on index applications or topics directly relevant to timely investment themes is especially welcome.

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Contest Rules: Please consult the SPIVA Awards Contest Rules before considering a submission.

PANEL OF JUDGES

David Blitzer, Ph.D

David M. Blitzer is managing director and chairman of the Index Committee with overall responsibility for index security selection, as well as index analysis...

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Frank Luo

Frank Luo is senior director, Index Research and Design, at S&P Dow Jones Indices.

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Antti Petajisto, Ph.D

Antti Petajisto, Ph.D., is a Vice President at BlackRock, working as a member of the iShares Investment Research and Strategy team...

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Vijay Singal

Dr. Vijay Singal is J. Gray Ferguson Chair Professor of Finance at the Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech.

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Harold Evensky

Mr. Evensky is the President of Evensky & Katz.

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Sanjiv Das

Sanjiv Das is Professor of Finance at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business.

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Jeffrey Wurgler

Jeffrey Wurgler is Nomura Professor of Finance at the New York University Stern School of Business. His primary research area is behavioral corporate finance...

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  • Hao Jiang

    Hao Jiang is Assistant Professor of Finance at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. He works in the area of asset pricing, investments, portfolio management, and international ...

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  • Marno Verbeek

    Marno Verbeek is Professor of Finance at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, the Netherlands (RSM). Since 1 July 2011, he is also Dean of Research of RSM and Academic Director of the ...

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  • Yu Wang, Ph.D

    Yu Wang is currently a portfolio manager/researcher at the Quantitative Indicator Fund of IMC Asset Management in Amsterdam. Before joining IMC in June 2011, he spent 3 years on his PhD research in ...

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  • Jens Dick-Nielsen

    Jens Dick-Nielsen is a Research Fellow at the Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. His current research is funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research (DFF-FSE) and ...

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