Bloomberg Indices: Charting New Territory
Our team has been working hard to integrate the high quality data Bloomberg generates with our quality of governance and product offerings to formulate the benchmark for fixed income. Tune in to hear our experts explore the endless possibilities and capabilities provided within these launches.
Speakers
Dave Gedeon
CEO
Bloomberg Index Services Limited
Mr. Gedeon oversees the strategy and development of products and services for Bloomberg’s Multi-Asset Index business, including the commodity and alternatives index suite, multi-asset strategies, 3rd party calculation efforts, and the global equity expansion. Mr. Gedeon serves as head of Multi-Asset Product and co-head of Bloomberg Indices. He is a recognized industry leader in index design and implementation. Prior to joining Bloomberg in January 2020, Mr. Gedeon was the Global Head of Research & Development at Nasdaq and was responsible for index product management, development, and research of Nasdaq Global Indexes. During his tenure, he oversaw the launch of thousands of indexes and subsequent product growth.
Mr. Gedeon holds a B.A. in economics from Denison University, and enjoys biking, golfing, rugby, and spending quality time with his family.
Nick Gendron
Global Head of Fixed Income Index Product
Bloomberg
Based in New York, Nick manages the global fixed income index product team at Bloomberg. The main responsibilities of his team include: new product development and research, ETF pipeline and senior relationship management, consulting with clients on development of custom index products, marketing/support of the entire suite of fixed income indices, implementation of robust governance structure and process. Nick has been with the index business since 1992 at Lehman Brothers and subsequently at Barclays since 2008. In his years at Lehman Brothers he managed the U.S. index team from 1998 – 2005 and managed the global index business from 2005 – 2008. He also worked extensively marketing the portfolio management tools PC Product and POINT. Nick began his professional career at JP Morgan working from 1987-1992 in their systems development department. He holds an M.B.A. in finance from New York University and a B.A. in computer science and mathematics from Boston College.