Chicago Equity Partners Adds Quantitative Analyst.

CHICAGO -- Chicago Equity Partners LLC announces Kai Liu has joined the firm as a quantitative analyst. Liu joins the quantitative research team and will concentrate on the programming and financial mathematics that support our model.

"For someone who's passionate about quantitative finance, there is no better place to further a career than at Chicago Equity Partners. The firm's models and methodologies have led to consistent and outstanding investment performance, and the firm continues to be innovative in theoretical and empirical research. My position with CEP provides me with the opportunity to reach my full potential and make a substantial difference," said Liu.

Liu has more than eight years of experience in the industry. Before joining Chicago Equity Partners, he worked at Citadel Investment Group. Previously, he was a programmer analyst at Reuters Group LLC.

"Kai's financial mathematics and programming background will help accelerate the cycle of continuous improvement to our quantitative process," said Bob Kramer, Managing Director.

Liu earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin. He also holds two master's degrees - one in financial mathematics from the University of Chicago and the other in computer science from Illinois Institute of Technology.

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC is an employee-owned company responsible for managing more than $10 billion in a full range of domestic equity and fixed income investment strategies. The firm's clients include public funds, Taft-Hartley plans, corporations, foundations and endowments, family offices and sub-advisory relationships located throughout the United States and around the world.

For more information about Chicago Equity Partners' products and services, contact Patrick Lynch at 312.629.8570.