David Turkington, CFA

David Turkington is Senior Managing Director and Head of State Street Associates, State Street Global Markets’ decades-long partnership with renowned academics that produces innovative research on markets and investment strategy. David is a frequent presenter at industry conferences, has published more than 30 research articles in a range of journals, and currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Alternative Investments. He is the co-author of three books including “Asset Allocation: From Theory to Practice and Beyond” and “Prediction Revisited: The Importance of Observation.” His published research has received the 2010 Graham and Dodd Scroll Award, five Bernstein-Fabozzi/Jacobs-Levy Outstanding Article Awards, the 2013 Peter L. Bernstein Award for best paper in an Institutional Investor journal, and the 2021 Roger F. Murray First Prize for outstanding research presented at the Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance (Q Group) seminars. David graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University with a BA in mathematics and quantitative economics, and he holds the CFA designation.