Wenli Bill Hao
Director, Factors and Dividends Indices, Product Management and Development
Wenli Bill Hao is Director, Factors and Dividends Indices, Product Management and Development, at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). In his role, he focuses on alternate beta strategies, including factor-based indices as well as dividend, quantitative, thematic and dynamic-allocation strategies. Bill works closely with Sales, Marketing, Global Research & Design and IMPG departments to bring new ideas to market.
Prior to his current role, he worked for five years in Global Research & Design at S&P DJI and was responsible for the conceptualization, research and design of global strategies. He specialized in factor, alternative beta and thematic equity indices.
Prior to joining S&P DJI in 2017, Bill had 10 years of experience in quantitative equity research and investment and 17 years of experience in quant analytics. Bill was a senior portfolio manager at Winsight Global Asset Management. Before that, he held senior investment manager and quant analyst positions in investment and research at ING Investment Management, Asia Pacific region. Bill also worked as a quantitative analyst at Panagora Asset Management and lead research analyst at Liberty Mutual Insurance Group.
Bill holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Northeastern University of China, a master’s degree in biostatistics from the University of Minnesota, and an MBA in finance from Cornell University.
