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Joanne M. Hill, Ph.D., Chief Adviser for Research and Strategy, Cboe Vest Financial LLC

Joanne Hill has over 25 years of experience in research and strategy with an emphasis on indexes, options and quantitative investments. Prior to joining CBOE Vest, Dr. Hill worked with ProShares for 8 years, as Head of Institutional Investment Strategy, focusing on ETF research and education, and spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs, where she was a Managing Director leading global equity index and derivatives research and advising institutional investors on strategies using index and risk management tools.

A recognized leader in the financial industry, Dr. Hill is a recipient of the William F. Sharpe Indexing Lifetime Achievement Award and has published extensively on quantitative investment topics, index products, and derivatives. Dr. Hill is a co-author (along with Dave Nadig and Matt Hougan) of A Comprehensive Guide to Exchange-Tra ded Funds (ETFs) published by the CFA Institute Research Foundation. She heads the research committee for the "Q" Group and the CFA Institute Research Foundation where she is also a board member. She also serves on the editorial board of the Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Alternative Investments, and Journal of Index Investing.

Money Management Executive named Dr. Hill one of the ten inaugural recipients of the Top Women in Asset Management Awards. She was a Founding Member and Co-President of Women in ETFs and currently serves on their board. She is a member of the Investment Committee of the Montgomery County Public School Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution pension plans. Prior to her career on Wall Street, Dr. Hill was on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and she has a Ph.D. in Finance from Syracuse University.

Current position (1)

Chief Adviser for Research and Strategy

Cboe Vest LLC

Presentations

Presentations (3)

The Rise of Active Indexing: How ETFs Have Changed Investing

CFAI Research Foundation Workshop at 71st CFA Institute Annual Conference, Hong Kong, May 12, 2018
Topics:
A. Fit of ETFs into the Evolution of Investment Strategies and Markets in the 21st Century
B. ETF Mechanics, Features and Why They Appeal to Investors
C. The ETF Landscape in 2018 -Assets, Flows, Trading, and ETF Managers
D .The New Active – Factor (Smart Beta) Strategies in ETFs.
E. Takeaways and A Forward Look at the ETF Industry

Volatility - Dynamics, Dimensions, and Tradability

Talk given in May 2018 at conference for pensions, endowments, and foundations.
Topics:
Why Volatility Dynamics Matters - The Time Dimension of Risk.
Volatility Regimes
Dimensions of Volatility – Volatility Risk Premium, Term Structure, Skew and Dispersion
Volatility-Based Strategies to Enhance Risk-Adjusted Returns and Reshape Return Patterns.

Adapting Career Paths to Evolving Financial Markets

Using my career as an example, this talk will discuss how changes in investment management and financial markets over the last several decades have impacted careers in these industries. The talk will highlight some of the skills and career management techniques that have proven useful in developing a successful career path despite the rate of change from technology applied to investing and markets and from financial market volatility. Examples of from quantitative finance and risk management will be used as illustrations. The evolution of ETFs will be another example discussed with respect to how this new investment management and trading product has created career opportunities in several different functional areas that did not exist a decade ago. The role of networking and my experience founding the Women in ETFs organization which now has over a dozen global chapters and almost 4,000 members will be discussed.