Portfolio Management

Acknowledgments

This book would not have been possible without the academic training provided to us by many dedicated teachers. We'd especially like to thank our doctoral thesis advisors, Stephen Figlewski, Benjamin Friedman, and Seymour Smidt, for their gifts of time, encouragement, and thoughtful advice. We'd also like to recognize several professors who challenged and guided us in our academic careers: Fischer Black, David Connors, Nicholas Economides, Edwin Elton, Robert Jarrow, Jarl Kallberg, John Lintner, Terry Marsh, Robert Merton, William Silber, and L. Joseph Thomas.

The practical experience we received in the investment industry helped us make this book unique. We thank all our colleagues at Colony, CFA Institute, Fidelity, Gottex, MFS, PNC, Prudential, State Street, TwinFocus, and Venus for their support and good ideas over the years. Space does not permit listing all the individuals with whom we have shared the pursuit of superior investment performance for our clients. We would be remiss, however, if we did not acknowledge Amanda Agati, Steve Bryant, Ed Campbell, Ren Cheng, Jennifer Godfrey, Richard Hawkins, Timothy Heffernan, Cesar Hernandez, Stephen Horan, Paul Karger, Wesley Karger, Dick Kazarian, Richard Leibovitch, Liliana Lopez, Robert Macdonald, Kevin Maloney, Jeff Mills, Les Nanberg, William Nemerever, John Pantekidis, Marcus Perl, Jerald Pinto, Wendy Pirie, John Ravalli, Dan Scherman, Robin Stelmach, and Myra Wonisch Tucker.

We also want to thank those ...