Craig Lazzara
Managing Director, Index Investment Strategy
Craig Lazzara is a Managing Director and emeritus global head of the Index Investment Strategy group at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). The IIS team provides research and commentary across the S&P DJI product set, with particular emphasis on the active vs. passive debate, factor indices, and index dynamics. Craig previously served as product manager for S&P DJI’s U.S. equity and real estate indices. These include the S&P 500® and the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, two of the most widely tracked benchmarks in the world.
Prior to joining S&P Indices in 2009, Craig was a managing director of Abacus Analytics, a quantitative consulting firm serving the brokerage and investment management communities. He previously directed marketing and client service for ETF Advisors and Salomon Smith Barney’s Global Equity Index Group, as well as for the Equity Portfolio Analysis group at Salomon Brothers.
A Chartered Financial Analyst, Craig is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School.
