Going Under the Hood of Models-Only Programs
This is a summary of a session from the Money Management Institute’s Fall Solutions Conference that was held in October 2013 in New York City. Moderator: Heeren Pathak, CTO, Vestmark Panelists: Nancy Camarata, VP, Managed Accounts, Neuberger Bermann Anthony DiGangi, VP, Director of Managed Accounts Operations, Fred Alger Management David Laskar, Executive Director and Portfolio Manager, […]
Active Management: Skill versus Luck

This is a summary of a panel discussion from the MMI 2013 Spring Convention held in NYC on April 22-24. Moderator: John Thompson, Partner, Head of Investment Solutions, Hewitt EnnisKnupp Panelists: Ed Foley, Director, Dimensional Fund Advisors Brian Hansen, President & COO, Confluence Investment Management Robert G. Smith, President & CIO, Sage Advisory Services According […]
Asset Allocation: Is Modern Portfolio Theory Dead? (2/2)
This is the second part of the summary of a session from the Money Management Institute’s 2012 Fall Solution Conference. You can read part 1 here. Moderator: Michael Jones, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Riverfront Investment Group Panelists: Colin Moore, Chief Investment Officer, Columbia Management, $339 billion AUM Howard Present, President and Chief Executive Officer, […]
High Growth Solutions for Models Only Programs

This post is a summary of a panel from the MMI Tech & Ops Conference. Moderator: Hereen Pathak, CTO, Vestmark Panelists: Tom Huddleston – SVP, Natixis Asset Management. Elba Cruz – Director of Overlay Portfolio Management, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Andrew Rose – VP, Redi2 Technologies Josh Mayer – EVP, Managing Director Operations, EnvestNet. 13F/13G […]
How Citigroup is Trying to Leverage Social Networking
This post is a summary of a session from the FRA’s 8th Annual Managed Accounts Summit. The speaker was Chandresh Iyer, Managing Director and Head of Global Custody & Investment Services, Citigroup. Chandresh began by stating that Citigroup is looking at social networking as a means of delivering advice, since you’re more likely to do something […]