Peggy Wu, CAIA, Chapter Executive

Vice President, Alternative Investments (‘AI’)
Peggy Wu, CAIA

As Vice President of Alternative Investments (‘AI’), Peggy is responsible for advancing LPL’s AI product platform to enable our financial advisors better serve their clients’ investment needs. Peggy develops the business strategy for the AI product line and works cross-functionally to implement revenue-generating initiatives. Peggy builds successful partnerships with asset managers in promoting AI education and increasing AI allocation in client portfolios. Prior to taking on this role in June 2023, Peggy was VP of Strategic Partners at LPL and focused on creating industry leading partner experience for asset managers across traditional and alternative investments.

Peggy is a financial services industry professional with over 25 years’ experience in marketing and product management. Before joining LPL, Peggy was Head of Asia Pacific Marketing for Aviva Investors, and previously Head of Asia ex Japan Marketing for Henderson Global Investors (now Janus Henderson). Prior to that, Peggy was Product Manager, Multi-Asset and Alternatives at Mellon Capital (now Mellon) and Assistant Product Manager, Global Equities at Wellington Management. Peggy also held marketing roles at Barra (now MSCI) and National Financial. Peggy started her career as a listed and OTC derivatives specialist at Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan Chase in Hong Kong.

Peggy has an MBA from UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business, and a BA, Economics from Northwestern University. Peggy is also a Charted Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

Peggy moved to Charlotte, NC in 2019 from Singapore, where she had lived for six years, with her husband and two kids, 13 and 11. An avid traveler, Peggy has visited over 30 countries across four continents. Peggy also enjoys dancing, fitness programs especially Pilates, learning new things, and making new friends.