FEIFEI LI, Ph.D., FRM
Director, Head of Research

Dr. Feifei Li is responsible for quantitative research on equity products and strategies, including the Research Affiliates Fundamental Index® strategies. She also conducts research on the optimal asset allocation decision over the business cycle for the global tactical asset allocation products. In addition, she oversees strategies development and publications for the research group.

Feifei has taught undergraduate and MBA finance classes at the California Institute of Technology and University of California, Irvine. She has contributed a number of investment-related articles both academic and practitioner journals, as well as books.

Feifei earned her Ph.D. in finance at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she conducted empirical research on corporate finance and event-driven investment strategies. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Tsinghua University’s School of Management and Economics in Beijing. Feifei is a Certified Financial Risk Manager.

Management Committee

  Robert Arnott
  Jason Hsu
  Katrina Sherrerd
  Christopher Brightman
  Daniel Harkins
  Michael Larsen
  Feifei Li
  John West