Meet our sponsors...
Quantitative Management Associates LLC (QMA), a United States registered independent adviser, delivers investment solutions tailored to client objectives through a broad range of customized strategies. QMA identifies investment opportunities by blending the output from quantitative models with the seasoned judgement of 22 investment professionals averaging 20 years of experience. Models incorporate salient insights from academic theory to identify when stocks or asset classes seem mispriced. Rigorous risk controls seek to ensure non-benchmark risk is focused on areas with the potential to provide sufficient rewards. Clients include domestic and international corporate and public pension plans, mutual funds, endowments and foundations, and multi-employer plans. For further information visit
www.qmassociates.com/ The F&C Asset Management Group (F&C) is a London Stock Exchange listed global asset manager. F&C manages £101.8 billion* for more than three million customers.
F&C caters for a diverse range of institutional, insurance and retail clients. We have offices worldwide – including France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, UK and United States – and a heritage stretching back 140 years. Our scale gives us a competitive edge in terms of research resources and access to the most senior management at the largest companies.
In August 2007 the group launched the F&C Enhanced Alpha UK Fund, the first ever ‘130/30’ fund focused on the UK Equity market. The Fund is managed by Peter Lees, Head of UK Equities, and Michael Ulrich, Associate Director of UK Equities and pursues a fundamental rather than quant based investment strategy. The Fund is structured as a Luxemburg domiciled SICAV fund with Sterling and Euro share classes. For further information visit
www.fandc.com * as at 31 March 2008.
Lehman Brothers (ticker symbol: LEH), an innovator in global finance, serves the financial needs of corporations, governments and municipalities, institutional clients, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Founded in 1850, Lehman Brothers maintains leadership positions in investment banking, equity and fixed income sales, trading and research, private investment management, asset management and private equity. The Firm is headquartered in New York, with regional headquarters in London and Tokyo, and operates in a network of offices around the world. For further information about Lehman Brothers’ services, products and recruitment opportunities, visit the Firm’s Web site at
www.lehman.comMacKay Shields manages over US$38 billion in assets across the capital markets. The portfolio management approach is team-oriented and combines rigorous investment disciplines with sound fundamental judgment of experienced professionals. Our highly intensive credit research process functions as a critical component in our disciplined investment process.
MacKay Shields was founded in 1938 as an economic consulting firm, became a registered investment advisor in 1969 and was purchased by New York Life Insurance Company in 1984. The firm is an autonomously managed subsidiary of New York Life Investment Management Holdings LLC and is located in New York City. For further information visit
www.mackayshields.com
