Nicholas Godec
Senior Director, Head of Fixed Income Tradables & Private Markets
Nick Godec is Head of Fixed Income Tradables & Private Markets at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). With extensive fixed income and credit market index experience, Nick leads S&P DJI’s global fixed income tradables business, which includes key investable indices in the global bond markets. Key tradable indices Nick covers include the CDX and iTraxx indices and CMBX, as well as tradable use cases of iBoxx indices, such as Standardized iBoxx Total Return Swaps and futures. Nick also spearheads S&P DJI’s private markets initiatives, including the collaboration with Cambridge Associates Benchmarks and the development of new private market indices. Nick regularly publishes commentaries and white papers and speaks at webinars and conferences on key developments in the fixed income market.
Previously, Nick was a Product Manager at IHS Markit covering the company’s tradable indices, including OTC and exchange-listed derivatives and the development of indices for exchange-traded funds. Before joining IHS Markit, Nick was an index research analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, which is now a part of the Intercontinental Exchange.
Nick is a CFA charterholder, a CAIA charterholder, and holds a Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement (CIPM) as well as the CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing. Nick has an MBA from Columbia Business School, graduating with Dean's Honors, as well as a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University. In his spare time, Nick enjoys reading and writing, skiing, playing tennis, basketball, and will never say no to a game of table tennis.
