IEX Promotes Elaine Wah to Head of Quantitative Research

IEX Group, which operates the stock exchange IEX, has promoted Elaine Wah to Head of Quantitative Research. Wah has led the exchange’s Market Quality Group since 2016, overseeing market structure research as well as real-time and historical analysis of trading activity on the exchange. The Quantitative Strategy team was previously led by Daniel Aisen.  Prior to joining IEX, Wah had roles at the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis and Microsoft Research New York City. Wah reports to Eric Stockland.