Frank Fabozzi honored by CFA Institute Research Foundation with award

Frank J. Fabozzi received the CFA Institute Research Foundation's James R. Vertin Award, recognizing individuals whose research is “notable for its relevance and enduring value to investment professionals,” said a joint news release from the foundation and the EDHEC-Risk Institute, where Mr. Fabozzi is a member and finance professor.

Along with his work at EDHEC, Mr. Fabozzi is an editor of The Journal of Portfolio Management and holds associate editor or advisory board positions at several other journals. He is a visiting fellow at Princeton University's Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering.

Before joining EDHEC, Mr. Fabozzi was a finance professor at Yale University's School of Management, New Haven, and a visiting finance professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management, Cambridge.

The James R. Vertin Award was established in 1996 and is presented annually.

Mr. Fabozzi is also a 2007 recipient of the CFA Institute's C. Stewart Sheppard Award, recognizing individuals' contributions to education, and was inducted into the Fixed Income Analyst Society's Hall of Fame in 2002.