Total Return Research Highly Recommended
MPI’s look at Total Return Bond Funds run by star managers at DoubleLine, TCW and MetroWest is recommended reading by Barry Ritholtz of The Big Picture and Tadas Viskanta of Abnormal Returns.
Corporate News
The latest information on our product and service enhancements, client wins and company moves.
Inaugural IMCA Academic Paper Award Goes to MPI and Russ Wermers
MPI and Prof. Russ Wermers research paper on Hedge Fund Monitoring wins IMCA’s Inaugural Academic Paper Competition. The paper, “Monitoring Daily Hedge Fund Performance When Only Monthly Data is Available” will be published in the next issue of the Journal of Investment Consulting. You can download the paper now on SSRN.
Legg Mason DCIO Platform Partners with MPI
Legg Mason gives plan advisors the power of MPI through a customized version of Stylus Web, helping advisors better service plan sponsors and win new business through sophisticated analysis, lineup monitoring and robust reporting capabilities. See the Case Study here.
Institutional Consultant Wurts Implements Stylus Pro for Manager Research
Read the press release to learn more about how Wurts’ Manager Research group will utilize Stylus Pro to enhance quantitative due diligence, including risk factor analysis.
MPI & NYU Courant Institute Collaborative Research Featured in Exclusive Article on Hedge Fund Replication
In “Hedge fund replication strategies come of age: Rise of the clones” U.S. Editor of Hedge Funds Review Kris Devasabai highlights MPI research findings from a definitive pending study on hedge fund replication being undertaken in conjunction with NYU Professor Petter Kolm, Director of the Mathematics in Finance M.S. Program at the Courant Institute.
Research on Mutual Fund Performance During QE3 Covered in Barron’s
In “These Funds Were QE3’s Biggest Winners (And One Loser)“, Barron’s Brendan Conway covers MPI’s research post, “QE3’s Big Winners, Positioned For the Printing Press”.
Barron’s Covers MPI Study on Alpha
In “When An Underperforming Fund Is A Good Thing“, Barron’s covers MPI’s research post, “Alpha and Excess Return: Not Synonymous“.
MPI’s Chart of the Week Becomes Recommended Reading on Top Industry Blogs
Marcuard Family Office Using MPI’s Patented DSA
Marcuard Family Office adopts MPI’s proprietary quantitative analytics for investment decision making. Read more about the motivation for Marcuard’s adoption of DSA.
FT Profile on MPI: Helping HF Investors Raise Flags and Choose Better Managers
This FTfm profile of MPI discusses the power of MPI’s software for managing portfolios of hedge funds, including selecting superior managers, managing risk and detecting potential fraud.