CRSP

Alex Poukchanski is Director of Index Analytics at CRSP, leading development and innovation of index methodologies. He brings deep expertise in financial research from his past work experience -- investment banking at J.P. Morgan and economic consulting at Cornerstone Research. He holds advanced degrees from Harvard, Columbia and Yale.

CRSP sets the benchmark for market data and indexes. CRSP Market Indexes, founded at the University of Chicago and built on rigorous academic standards, are trusted by leading asset managers, broker/dealers, consultants, and investors around the world, including managers of the world’s largest mutual fund. They and their shareholders have entrusted nearly $2 trillion toward tracking the CRSP US Total Market Index, which has become the industry standard for measuring the broad domestic equity market. In all, nearly $3 trillion of fund assets are linked to CRSP Market Indexes, which span 44 U.S. equity-based benchmarks covering different market cap segments, investment styles, industry sectors, and ESG factors. CRSP has been producing market indexes for nearly 60 years, helping investors and academics research trends in the market. That work led to the launch in 2011 of investable CRSP Market Indexes suitable for the modern asset management industry. CRSP combines deep academic research with innovative industry practices to create fundamentally sound indexes that more accurately reflect market capitalization segments and styles and embody how money managers actually invest.