Kera Van Valen, CFA

Kera is a global equity research analyst. Her primary focus is on Epoch's U.S. and Global Equity Shareholder Yield strategies. Prior to joining the Global Equity team Kera was an analyst within Epoch's Quantitative Research & Risk Management team. Before joining Epoch in 2005, she was a portfolio manager of Structured Equities and Quantitative Research at Columbia Management Group where she was responsible for the day-to-day management of two index funds. She also spent time at Credit Suisse Asset Management -Americas. Kera received her BA in Mathematics at Colgate University and her MBA at Columbia University, Graduate School of Business. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.