As Head of Applied Research, Melissa Brown leads a seasoned team that provides unique insights into risk trends by analyzing the vast amount of data on market, index and portfolio risk maintained by Qontigo. She and her team also provide practical thought leadership on analytics products and index strategies, to help investors make more informed decisions and to optimize the value of Qontigo’s sophisticated offerings. Melissa’s perspectives help both clients and prospects to better understand and adapt to the constantly changing risk environment. As an author of Qontigo Insight: Quarterly Risk Review, Melissa reports on the state of risk in publicly traded equity markets around the globe. In addition, she produces periodic special reports on a broad range of topics of interest to investors and asset owners, is a frequent speaker on the subject of market risk and is often quoted by the financial media.
Melissa is a Chartered Financial Analyst. She holds a BS in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA in finance from New York University.
