

Feifei has published more than 40 articles and journal papers in both academic and practitioner journals and won best article awards from the Journal of Portfolio Management and European Financial Management. She has been instrumental in the design of Research Affiliates’ innovative investment solutions since she joined the firm in 2005, becoming director of research in 2009, head of investment management in 2015, and head of investment strategy in 2018 before assuming her current role as head of equities in 2020. She works in close collaboration with the PIMCO RAE™ portfolio managers and Research Affiliates’ academic advisors.įeifei sits on both the Research Affiliates Investment Committee and Management Committee. As head of equities, she leads cross-sectional equity research and strategy design that supports the firm’s systematic active portfolios and smart beta indices. The firm delivers investment solutions around the world in partnership with leading financial institutions. She also teaches corporate finance at UCLA School of Law.įeifei Li is head of equities for Research Affiliates, a global leader in smart beta, factor investing, and asset allocation.

She teaches core business strategy and electives in valuation and data analysis. Her research is in the areas of financial intermediation, empirical corporate finance, and organizational economics, and has been published in the Journal of Financial Intermediation.Īt Anderson, Professor Santikian has won the Citibank Teaching Award, as well as the MBA Teaching Excellence Award chosen by both the full-time and fully employed MBA students. Prior to joining Anderson, she was an Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the USC Marshall School of Business, where she taught MBA and Executive Education courses in valuation and finance. in Economics and Applied Mathematics from UC Berkeley, and a Ph.D.

Lori Santikian is an Associate Adjunct Professor in the Finance and Strategy areas and the Director of the Fink Center for Finance at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Dave is a CFA® charterholder, a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, and holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in actuarial science from Ball State University. He previously worked at Mercer as a senior associate, where he was responsible for advising Fortune 500 pension plan sponsors on funding, plan design and asset-liability management strategies.ĭave leads with values of empathy, transparency and innovation and passions for investing, financial literacy and social and environmental progress. Prior to this role, Dave held various positions with Pacific Life, including Founder & CEO of the sustainable fintech company Swell Investing, which was a subsidiary of Pacific Life. Dave is highly regarded for consistently delivering financial strategy, innovation, and investment solutions.ĭave works closely with Mercer’s global RI business and in partnership with local Mercer field consultants to deliver RI client advice and solutions to a wide range of clients including pensions, endowments, foundations and insurers.

Dave is a financial services executive with over 20 years of experience, including as a proven business leader, trusted advisor to corporate boards and business consultant.
