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Our Firm<\/h4><\/div><\/div>
Founded by Kevin Kelly, Kelly Benchmark Indexes is a real estate index firm. Mr. Kelly created, and conceived, the company to provide access to the premier access to technology infrastructure and industrial real estate<\/h5>

Kelly Benchmark Indexes can be used as versatile tools to support active portfolio management by integrating into critical functions like risk, volatility and liquidity management. Many institutions need Kelly\u2019s indexes to obtain strategic exposures in the core components of their investment portfolios and to achieve portfolio diversification.\u00a0 The range of uses can be used for tasks like making tactical adjustments to portfolios, rebalancing, transition management, cash equitization, and interim beta.\u00a0 Market participants are also attracted to benefits such as liquidity, ease and speed of use and low costs.<\/p>\n

Kelly\u2019s indexes power investment products and strategies for some of the top leading firms including its franchise SRVR & INDS indexes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]

Management & Operations<\/h4><\/div><\/div>
\"Kevin<\/div>
Kevin R. Kelly<\/a><\/h5>Founder, CEO & Managing Partner<\/span>
Mr. Kelly responsibilities include the development and implementation of real estate, and equity, investment strategies establishing firm investment policy. He is also responsible for portfolio construction. Kevin Kelly serves as the index portfolio manager for all the Benchmark Real Estate SCTRs. Mr. Kelly\u2019s thought leadership on markets, eCommerce, 5G & Cloud Technologies, and retail can be found throughout media outlets weekly. In September of 2014, Nasdaq named Kevin Kelly an \u2018ETF Insider\u2019 and he is frequently featured at industry events.\r\n\r\n
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\r\nPreviously, Kevin Kelly founded Recon Capital Partners where he served as the Chief Investment Officer, Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager of affiliated funds. Funds managed included a long \/ short REIT hedge fund, domestic portfolios and international portfolios including DAX Germany, and the FTSE 100. At Recon Capital, Mr. Kelly led initial public offering of the Eagle Growth and Income (NYSE: EGIF) closed end fund after creating a custom options strategy for the portfolio as well as building their successful ETF (exchange traded fund) franchise which was later sold. Kevin Kelly previously worked for Goldman Sachs in the investment management division and Deutsche Bank\u2019s debt capital markets group in London.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nKevin R. Kelly received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance, Summa Cum Laude, from the W.P. Carey School of Business and Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Krista<\/div>
Krista Kelly<\/a><\/h5>Executive Director<\/span>
Krista Kelly joined Benchmark in 2017. She is responsible for both the day-to-day operations of the firm and the timely execution of key business marketing initiatives.\u00a0 She is in charge of Benchmark\u2019s education and investor outreach efforts including business development among investment advisors, financial planners, investment counselors and family offices.\r\n\r\nPreviously, Ms. Kelly has served in several key account management positions including at a Fortune 500 company. Ms. Kelly has earned her BA from Arizona State University.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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