Frontlines
Mercer's Obed nabs leadership award
Mercer LLC's Kweku Obed received the Harlem YMCA 2013 Black Achievers in Industry award in New York last month.
April 01, 2013
Wilshire 5000 drops for 3 straight days, ending win streak
The Wilshire 5000 Total Market index on March 19 fell 44.70 points to 16,365.70, ending its longest streak of trading days before hitting three consecutive negative trading days to open a calendar...
April 01, 2013
N.Y. fund cooks up deal with doughnut maker
In the realm of socially responsible investing, the New York State Common Retirement Fund, Albany, is staking out a role in the manufacture of palm oil from sustainable sources.
March 18, 2013
Madison Dearborn's Canning takes home Horatio Alger Award
Growing up the son of a country doctor who was sometimes paid in goods and produce, Madison Dearborn Partners LLC Chairman John A. Canning Jr. worked throughout his youth.
March 18, 2013
Standard Life hits the links with Ryder Cup sponsorship
Standard Life Investments will become the first worldwide sponsor of the Ryder Cup at the next match between Team USA and Team Europe in 2014.
March 18, 2013
Bank-owned managers a little skimpy on alpha
Money managers owned by investment banks produced less alpha than non-bank institutions from 1990 to 2008 largely due to conflicts of interest, according to an academic research paper from three...
March 04, 2013
Private equity firms test tool for going green
The Environmental Defense Fund is working with private equity firms to make their portfolio companies kinder and gentler to the environment.
March 04, 2013
Cantab rolls out novel idea in hedge funds: affordability
A hedge fund just launched by systematic global macro specialist Cantab Capital Partners LLP has a refreshing feature: It's cheap!
March 04, 2013
Sortino Investment CIO wails about Wall Street
Frank A. Sortino, chairman and chief investment officer of Sortino Investment Advisors LLC, sings “The Stock Market Blues” for real.
March 04, 2013
Minnesota manager heading south
Executives of Minnetonka, Minn.-based Pine River Capital Management LP decided to open an office in the Texas state capital.
March 04, 2013
New blog geared toward institutional investors
If your daily work-oriented web surfing isn't turning up anything you can actually use, you might want to try a new blog, Investable Thinking.
March 04, 2013
AQR managing director nabs 2 prizes
Antti Ilmanen, managing director at AQR Capital Management, was named co-winner of the top $2,500 and runner-up $1,000 prizes in the Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Awards.
February 18, 2013
Stock pickers shine in contest's inaugural year
For the test year of a new stock-selection contest, Portfolios with Purpose, 2012 was a rousing success. Slightly more than $25,000 was raised through player entry fees for the professional and...
February 18, 2013
Ackman donates $1 million to The Innocence Project
Although activist manager William A. Ackman is better known these days as a very vocal critic of Herbalife International of America Inc., he has a softer side.
February 18, 2013
Manager who doesn't like hedge funds opens one
It was neither a cold day in July nor had hell frozen over when AJO LP, aka Aronson Johnson Ortiz, opened its first hedge fund in early January.
