Roger G. Ibbotson; Professor in the Practice of Finance, School of Management, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.Chairman, Ibbotson Associates Inc., Chicago.(P&I at 30: The difference-makers)(Biography)

Pensions & Investments, October, 2003 by Burr, Barry B.

Byline: Barry B. Burr Roger G. Ibbotson is the leading expert in capital market returns. His collaboration with Rex A. Sinquefield in the 1970s changed the way pension funds and other institutional investors manage their money. Their studies comparing historical capital market returns and risk provided the intellectual foundation for favoring one asset class over another.

The studies became the standard reference for asset allocation studies by fund sponsors. Their work provided a benchmarks for institutional investors to measure performance of their active money managers in major asset classes and for fund sponsors to measure their own performance in asset allocation. The studies also helped provide a rationale for index investing. Mr. Ibbotson's...

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