Karl A Schneider

Karl Schneider, CAIA, is a Managing Director and Head of Traditional Beta Strategies for the Systematic Equity Beta (SEB) team in the Americas. He also serves as a senior portfolio manager for a number of the group's index equity portfolios. Previously within SEB he was the Deputy Head of the Americas, and before that served as a portfolio manager and product specialist for US equity strategies and synthetic beta strategies, including commodities, buy/write, and hedge fund replication. He is a member of the S&P Dow Jones US Equities Index Advisory Panel.

Prior to joining the SEB team, Mr. Schneider worked as a portfolio manager in SSGA's Currency Management Group, managing both active currency selection and traditional passive hedging overlay portfolios. He joined SSGA in 1997.

Mr. Schneider holds a BS in Finance and Investments from Babson College and also an MS in Finance from Boston College. He has earned the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation and is a member of the CAIA Association.