About Us

With over 50 years of combined experience in the financial service industry, our team possesses a unique and unparalleled expertise in quantitative portfolio management. Our investment professionals have served in a variety of portfolio management and trading roles for the largest index fund and ETF fund management companies.

Working in various roles with some of the most highly regarded firms in index management has produced a team with the ability and experience to effectively manage accounts of any size or complexity. It has also allowed the team to build strong relationships with Authorized Participants, brokers, custodians, and vendors.

Portfolio management and trading is overseen by Denise Krisko, CFA, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director.

Prior to joining Index Management Solutions, Denise was Head of Equity Index Management for the Bank of New York, where she oversaw the creation and expansion of BNY Asset Management's ETF fund management business. Previously she was Director and head of domestic equity index management for Northern Trust and Deutsche Asset Management and began her career as an equity index portfolio manager and trader for The Vanguard Group.

About Us

 

  • Proven track record managing equities, bonds, currencies, listed and OTC derivatives, and EFPs.
  • Constructed and managed synthetic global beta-replication portfolios.
  • Established daily cash equitization process to enable accommodation of daily cash flows to and from domestic and international index funds.
  • Managed the largest equity index fund in the world, with over $100 billion in assets and over $100 million in daily cash flows.
  • Successfully managed over 50 international ETFs, including a frontier market ETF and the first US-listed ETF to hold exclusively local Indian stocks.