Robert Johnson

Robert R. Johnson, Ph.D., CFA, CAIA is the CEO and Co-founder of Economic Index Associates, a NYC-based firm that creates investable indices based upon Federal Reserve monetary policy. He is also Professor of Finance at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business. He was formerly President and CEO of The American College of Financial Services in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The College is a non-profit, accredited, degree-granting institution founded in 1927. Bob served on the board of RS Investments, a San Francisco-based investment management firm. Until October of 2014, he was a Full Professor of Finance in the Heider College of Business at Creighton University and served as the editor for the Quarterly Journal of Finance and Accounting. He was formerly Senior Managing Director at CFA Institute, overseeing the Americas region, university relations, and the professional conduct program. He was responsible for all aspects of the CFA Program for the majority of his 15-year tenure at CFA Institute. In 2013, he received the Alfred C. "Pete" Morley Distinguished Service Award from CFA Institute in appreciation of his leadership, stewardship and outstanding service. Prior to joining CFA Institute, Bob was a Professor of Finance at Creighton University from 1984 through 1996. Throughout his academic career, Bob won several teaching awards and in 1994 earned the university-wide Robert F. Kennedy Award for Teaching Excellence. Bob has over 80 refereed articles in leading finance and investment journals. His publications have appeared in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial Analysts Journal, and the Journal of Alternative Investments. He has extensive media relations experience both in the United States and abroad. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Barron's, Forbes, Toronto Globe and Mail, South China Morning Post, Singapore Strait Times, LeTemps, and Nikkin Weekly Newspaper, among others. He has appeared numerous times on ABC World News, Bloomberg TV (Europe and US), CNN, and China Business News, among others. He is a regular contributor on The Street, Huffington Post and El Mercurio (Chile). Bob received his BSBA in finance (summa cum laude) from the University of Nebraska-Omaha in 1980, MBA (concentration in finance) from Creighton University in 1982, and PhD in finance/investments from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1988. He earned his CFA charter from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts in 1991. He earned his CAIA charter from the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association in 2011.