About us
The EQD Purpose
We create revenue opportunities for investors, asset managers and their service providers through unique, exclusive, high quality discussions, data and news.
We marry unparalleled access to key investors with our market-leading expertise in content creation to drive client returns.
EQD events and the EQD+ news and data service are geared to connect, benchmark and educate individuals on investment strategy.
As a team, we focus on three fundamental questions when creating and delivering service:
- What client need is being served?
- How do clients generate returns from each engagement with EQD?
- How do professionals get better at their roles from our product?
The Founders
We want to hear from you.
Reach out to co-founders Peter Thompson in Chicago or Rob McGlinchey in London.
The Team
Laura Lalinde
chief executive officer
Jack Stannard
head of business development
Faizah Choudhury
head of investor content strategy
Georgia Reynolds
editor
Dennis Kesolitz
senior director, business development
Kathrine Fiksdal
senior manager, content and investor relations
Olivia Ho
senior manager, content and investor relations
Maisy Lourenco-Lang
senior events associate
Katie O'Brien
senior associate, content and investor relations
Dallon Lewis
reporter
Danny Lowe
associate, business development
Amaya Edwards
events assistant
Quratulain Tejani
reporter
EQD Events
Global Conferences
Every year, Global EQD, Europe EQD, Asia EQD, Australia EQD and LatAm EQD draw together leading thinkers and practitioners on our state-of-the-art virtual platform for substantive research presentations, strategy case studies and panel sessions on the latest market views. Centered around specific regions, the events also draw global investors looking to interact with the best of the best.
Investor EQD
Hosted throughout the world, Investor EQD events create curated and intimate opportunities for investor peers. Topics are explored in depth, with opportunities for small group discussion throughout the day.
EQD+ Subscription
News
Every day, our online subscription service details the key strategies, trades, allocations and personnel moves at the major buyers and sellers of volatility instruments and alternative risk premia systematic solutions.
MandateConnect
MandateConnect is a searchable database of pending, current and historical mandates and RFPs in the core EQDerivatives markets of volatility, quantitative strategies, overlays and related multi-asset innovation.
Drawing on public and private sources, the service identifies specific opportunities and strategy developments within the context of historical flow data.