Summary
The U.S. market dividends will continue to grow in 2025. Key sectors such as Banks, Energy, Financial Services, and Pharmaceuticals continue to lead this expansion, while the TMT sectors are gaining attention with recent initiations, reinstatements, and projected growth.
At the same time, dividend-related derivatives are gaining momentum with increasing volumes and interest in these instruments.
Join us for an insightful discussion on leveraging market movements after the elections, managing risk, and maximizing the profitability of dividend-related derivatives. S&P Global Market Intelligence Dividend Forecasting analysts, in collaboration with CME Group experts, will explore the risks and opportunities within major indices constituents and dividend-related derivatives.
Speakers
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Ryan Boyd
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Head of Business Development, US Dividend Forecasting
Ryan leads business development for the Dividend Forecasting team in the Americas at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Ryan has almost a decades experience in financial services, capital markets and research. He partners with clients and industry leaders to identify gaps in their workflows and new use cases to develop innovative solutions that will create value, increase efficiencies and solve pressing issues for the industry.
Ryan holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the College of Charleston, South Carolina.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Amira Abdulkadir
S&P Global Market Intelligence
US Head of Dividend Forecasting, Data, Valuation & Analytics
Amira leads dividend research for the global dividend forecasting team and heads business development in the Americas at S&P Global Market Intelligence
Amira has almost a decade of financial services experience, primarily focused on dividend forecasting. Amira's research has been quoted in top tier publications and regularly partners with clients and industry leaders in investigating pressing questions of the day.
The Dividend Forecasting product helps financial institutions price derivatives and better understand how companies are performing. The product delivers precise forecasts of the size and timing of dividend payments based on equity research, market announcements and unique quantitative insight.
Amira holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and International Relations from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Vika Tambaeva
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Research Analyst, Equity Data, AMER
Vika Tambaeva is the Dividend Research Analyst in AMER, Equity Data & Analytics at S&P Global Market Intelligence
Vika is responsible for dividend forecasting analysis in the American region with a focus on the United States and Canada. She leads the U.S. research initiatives at the S&P Global Research Team. Her primary coverage is the North American Energy Sector.
Vika holds an MBA degree from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College of New York, NY.
CME Group
Joseph Hickey
CME Group
Executive Director, Equity Products
Joseph Hickey serves as Executive Director, Equity Products at CME Group, where he is responsible for developing and overseeing the company’s offerings across equities, alternative assets and cryptocurrencies. His market expertise is in linear strategies, cross-asset trading, macro products and the futurization of OTC derivatives to manage balance sheet costs.
Hickey previously served as Global Head of Trading at BlockFi, where he expanded the firm’s institutional trading relationships and risk management processes. Prior to that, he managed an institutional distribution team at CME Group, responsible for building relationships across the buy-side, sell-side and intermediaries. He also held
leadership roles at Bank of America and began his career at Goldman Sachs.
He earned a combined bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics from Stony Brook University, and a master’s degree in quantitative finance from the Michael Smurtfit School of Business in Dublin, Ireland. He is active in professional organizations with both CFA and FRM designations.