Jamie Farmer

Head of Capital Markets, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Jamie Farmer is Global Head of Capital Markets at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) wherein he leads the efforts to cultivate the index liquidity ecosystem, manage exchange relationships and, in general, elevate the visibility of S&P DJI’s indices, data and analytics across the full spectrum of capital markets participants.

Prior to his current role, Jamie served as the Chief Commercial Officer and had overall responsibility for S&P DJI’s global data and product licensing business, exchange relationships, and outreach to strategic user channels.  He previously oversaw S&P DJI’s commercial index data strategy and relationships with market data vendors.

Jamie’s analysis of the Dow Jones Industrial Average®, indexing, securities industry, and multi-asset classes has been widely quoted in the business press, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and other financial industry publications, as well as on television and radio. Previously, Jamie also led the Index Investment Strategy and Communications teams at S&P DJI.

Prior to joining S&P DJI, Jamie was executive director of Dow Jones Indexes and head of global business development and communications. In this role, he had oversight of all product licensing and product partner relationships, as well as marketing and public relations. Jamie was also responsible for the company’s relationships with global securities and derivative exchanges.

Prior to joining Dow Jones Indexes, Jamie was a senior associate of strategic relationships at Susquehanna International Group, LLP, a global institutional sales, research, and market-making firm based in Bala Cynwyd, PA, from 1999-2006. There, his primary focus was on the development of new products, such as cash-settled index options and exchange-traded funds. He also managed various marketing, equity research, and business development activities at SIG.

In 1991, Jamie began his career as vice president of marketing at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX), where he was responsible for promotion and sales of PHLX’s sector indices, index-linked products, and the exchange’s other varied trading products and services.