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Mar 17, 2017

Phillip BrzenkSenior Director, Strategy IndicesS&P Dow Jones Indices

Drawdown Analysis of Low Volatility Indices

One of the objectives of low volatility strategies is to provide higher risk-adjusted returns than their respective benchmarks over the long run, primarily by reducing drawdowns during market downturns. In the U.S. market, both the S&P 500® Low Volatility Index and the S&P 500 Minimum Volatility Index have shown outperformance over the S&P 500, not…

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Craig Lazzara Managing Director and Global Head of Index Investment Strategy

Kevin Horan Director, Fixed Income Indices

Tim Edwards Managing Director, Index Investment Strategy

Fei Mei Chan Director, Index Investment Strategy

Hamish Preston Associate Director, U.S. Equity Indices

Berlinda Liu Director, Global Research & Design

Phillip Brzenk Senior Director, Strategy Indices

Koel Ghosh Head of South Asia

Philip Murphy Managing Director, Global Head of Index Governance

Fiona Boal Head of Commodities and Real Assets

Aye Soe Managing Director, Global Head of Product Management

Howard Silverblatt Senior Index Analyst, Product Management

Anu Ganti Senior Director, Index Investment Strategy

Hong Xie Senior Director, Global Research & Design

Michael Orzano Senior Director, Global Equity Indices

Jim Wiederhold Associate Director, Commodities and Real Assets

Shaun Wurzbach Managing Director, Global Head of Financial Advisor Channel

Akash Jain Associate Director, Global Research & Design

Jamie Farmer Chief Commercial Officer

John Welling Director, Equity Indices

Reid Steadman Managing Director, Global Head of ESG

Jaime Merino Director, Asset Owners Channel

Maria Sanchez Associate Director, Global Research & Design

Ved Malla Associate Director, Client Coverage

Bill Hao Director, Global Research & Design

Jason Giordano Director, Fixed Income, Product Management

Tianyin Cheng Senior Director, Strategy Indices

Silvia Kitchener Director, Global Equity Indices, Latin America

Qing Li Director, Global Research & Design

Rupert Watts Senior Director, Strategy Indices

Priscilla Luk Managing Director, Global Research & Design, APAC

Liyu Zeng Director, Global Research & Design

Ben Leale-Green Senior Analyst, Research & Design, ESG Indices

Michael Mell Senior Director, Custom Indices

Stuart Magrath Senior Director, Channel Management, Australia and New Zealand

Izzy Wang Analyst, Strategy Indices

Brian Luke Global Head of Fixed Income Indices

Andrew Innes Head of EMEA, Global Research & Design

Mona Naqvi Senior Director, Head of ESG Product Strategy, North America

Smita Chirputkar Director, Global Research & Design

Louis Bellucci Senior Director, Index Governance

Arpit Gupta Senior Analyst, Global Research & Design

Rachel Du Senior Analyst, Global Research & Design

Sherifa Issifu Associate, Index Investment Strategy