Yuliya Plyakha Ferenc
Executive Director, MSCI Research & Development
Yuliya Plyakha Ferenc leads research on multi-asset-class benchmarks and retirement-focused portfolio solutions, crafting indexes and analytics that help wealth and asset managers diversify risk and earn return. Earlier, she guided quantitative portfolio-management and attribution projects and helped investors navigate sustainability-related regulatory frameworks, publishing peer-reviewed work in leading finance journals. Yuliya earned a PhD in Finance from Goethe University, an MS in Financial Mathematics from TU Kaiserslautern, and an MS in Mathematics from Kyiv University.