OUR TEAM
Our Team. Years of collective financial industry experience informs our index design process and innovative approach to index construction and marketing.
Jane Edmondson
Co-Founder of EQM Indexes LLC and Founder of EQM Capital LLC. Ms. Edmondson is a former Quantitative Portfolio Manager with Allianz Global Investors and its predecessor firm Nicholas-Applegate. She started her career at Merrill Lynch and has more than 25 years of experience in the investment industry. She holds an MBA in Finance from San Diego State University and a BA from UC Irvine.
Index Committees
Adasina Social Justice Index, Bad Index, Blockchain Index, Emerging Markets Fintech Index, Global Cannabis Index, Global Online Retail Growth Index, Global Solar Energy Index, International Ecommerce Index, Lithium & Battery Technology Index, Online Retail Index, Online Retail and E-Commerce Index, Pure Junior Gold Index, Rare Earths & Critical Materials Index, XOUT U.S. Large Cap Index
Dan Janowiak
Co-Founder of EQM Indexes LLC. Mr. Janowiak was previously a Senior Vice President of Business Development with LM Capital Group and worked for Allianz Global Investors where he focused on institutional sales, client service, and consultant relations. He has held senior sales and advisory roles for Private Asset Management, American Century Investments and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. He received a BA degree in Marketing from Western Illinois University.
Index Committees
Bad Index, Emerging Markets Fintech Index, Global Cannabis Index, Global Online Retail Growth Index, Global Solar Energy Index, Lithium & Battery Technology Index, Online Retail and E-Commerce Index, Online Retail Index, Rare Earths & Critical Materials Index
Stephen Derkash
Mr. Derkash leads EQM’s Global and ESG Product initiatives. He has over twenty years of global portfolio management, investment banking and equity research experience and has worked as a Portfolio Manager at Millennium Management, a $40 billion hedge fund, and at UBS Asset Management. Prior to Millennium and UBS, Stephen worked with Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management, in sell-side research with a leading European bank in Brazil, and on the emerging markets investment banking team at Lehman Brothers in New York. He holds an MBA from Wharton, an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania’s Lauder Institute, and a BA from Georgetown University.
Index Committees
Emerging Markets Fintech Index, International Ecommerce Index, Online Retail and E-Commerce Index, Online Retail Index, Rare Earths & Critical Materials Index
William Yamazumi
Mr. Yamazumi is EQM’s Marketing Coordinator. He has over twenty years of marketing and operations experience and was the Marketing Manager for Dunham & Associates, where he launched the company’s blog and was instrumental in the firm’s rebranding. Prior to Dunham, William was a Marketing Material Specialist at Allianz Global Investment Capital and a Marketing Communications Associate and Account Administrator at Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management.
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Mark Abssy
XOUT U.S. Large Cap Index
Pure Junior Gold Index
Paul Ang
Blockchain Index,
Global Cannabis Index,
Global Online Retail Growth Index,
International Ecommerce Index,
Lithium & Battery Technology Index,
Online Retail and E-Commerce Index,
Online Retail Index,
Pure Junior Gold Index,
XOUT U.S. Large Cap Index
David Barse
Duncan T. Blount
Lithium & Battery Technology Index
Todd Crescenzo, CFA
Global Online Retail Growth Index
International Ecommerce Index
Online Retail and E-Commerce Index
Online Retail Index
XOUT U.S. Large Cap Index
Ross Denford
Rare Earths & Critical Materials Index
John Petersen
Lithium & Battery Technology Index
Merav Ozair, PhD
Gabriel Rojo
Tom Smith, CFA
Travis Vincent
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Keith Beverly
Walter Booker
Diane Manuel
Renee Morgan
Kevin O’Neal Smith
Maya Philipson
Gabe Rissman
Rachel J. Robasciotti
Sarah Walker
Napoleon Wallace
LICENSING INFORMATION
EQM Indexes ® LLC licenses its indexes to firms involved in the issuance of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). If you are interested in licensing an index from EQM Indexes LLC or have an idea for a new index product, contact us at info@eqmindexes.com.