Standard & Poor's Indices - Vice-President Global Equities
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USA (New York)

Alka Banerjee is Vice-President of Global Equities within Standard & Poor’s Index Services Group. Alka is responsible for the design and methodology governing these indices. She oversees the creation and management of Standard & Poor's global indices, focusing on creating new benchmarks for international equity markets and promoting their use amongst global clients.

Alka was closely involved with the transition of the premier IFC’s Emerging Market Indices to Standard and Poor’s Index Group in 2000, and in the integration of the S&P/Citigroup Indices into the Standard and Poor’s Index family in 2004. Alka is also responsible for the S&P/Citigroup Global Property/REIT Index methodology, guidelines and maintenance procedures. She works closely with S&P’s business development and the sales team. Alka’s special areas of interest are emerging and frontier markets, Islamic Finance and global REITs.

Prior to joining Standard & Poor's in 2000, Alka worked for The Bank of New York where she was responsible for the creation, maintenance and marketing of The Bank of New York ADR Index. Before coming to the US, she worked for the State Bank of India for ten years in India.

Alka holds a Masters in Economics from Lucknow University in India and an MBA in finance from Pace University, New York.