STYLEADVISOR SUBSCRIBERS RECEIVE TIMELY ACCESS TO DATA.InvestorForce, Wayne, Pa., the pioneer of a technology platform that enables pension plan sponsors and consultants to conduct money manager searches online, has formed an alliance with Zephyr Zephyr or Zephyrus: see Eos. Associates, Inc., a leading analytics provider, bringing Zephyr's web-based investment style analytics to the InvestorForce site and InvestorForce's manager data to Zephyr StyleADVISOR(R) subscribers. InvestorForce will offer its users an array of Zephyr-hosted charts supporting multiple funds, managers and products. These analytics, including charts for style history, risk return, asset allocation Asset Allocation The process of dividing a portfolio among major asset categories such as bonds, stocks or cash. The purpose of asset allocation is to reduce risk by diversifying the portfolio. , manager performance, annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. excess return/standard deviation, upside/downside market capture, and peer group comparison, will become additional options within InvestorForce's Search Exchange(SM) and manager database. These enhancements provide institutional investors and consultants with more in-depth manager research capability online. "The addition of Zephyr's technology to our site has made our already robust database and analytical platform even better," said Frank Minard, chairman, InvestorForce. "And the exclusive partnership from Zephyr highlights the value InvestorForce adds to the business of institutional investing. We are delighted to work with a company that shares our desire to help institutional investors, consultants, and money managers gain quicker access to information, leading to a more efficient and less costly money manager selection process." Financial terms were not disclosed. Subscribers to Zephyr's windows-based application, StyleADVISOR, will now have access to InvestorForce's database of manager performance. InvestorForce's data is updated daily and all information is provided directly by the money managers. Zephyr subscribers can also use InvestorForce's manager database as the manager performance data source in Zephyr's StyleADVISOR. Stephen Hardy, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Zephyr Associates, said these enhancements will offer StyleADVISOR subscribers more timely access to up-to-date manager performance data. "InvestorForce's unique and timely manager performance collection technology will allow StyleADVISOR subscribers to more effectively leverage our industry-leading tools and analytics on up-to-date manager performance," said Hardy. Jim Morrissey Jim Morrissey (born December 24, 1962 in Flint, Michigan) is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for nine seasons for the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. , president and chief executive officer of InvestorForce, characterizes the alliance as InvestorForce's latest accomplishment in bringing to its registered users the best technology and resources available: "To empower the institutional investment community and improve the investment decision-making process we must continually seek out the most advanced sources of data and the finest analytical tools to support the critical work of our stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. ," said Jim Morrissey, chief executive officer and president of InvestorForce. "The Zephyr agreement is an example of our steadfast dedication to that effort. "We are confident that Zephyr's products will enhance the manager search and selection process for institutional investors and consultants, as well as expand reach for our registered money managers," said Morrissey. About InvestorForce InvestorForce is the leading Internet provider Internet provider - Internet Service Provider of content, commerce, and community for all segments of the global institutional investment population, empowering institutional investors, money managers and consultants in the US, the UK and Canada. The site is the first to serve all three constituencies by providing quick access to industry news and information (Investor News Service(SM)), (InvestorForce Communication Center(SM)), web-conferencing capabilities (InvestorForce Meeting Center(SM)), and the resources to conduct an advanced money manager search and selection process (InvestorForce Search Exchange(SM)) while enhancing productivity and reducing costs. Over 2500 institutional investors overseeing $6.0 trillion in total assets and nearly 1000 pension consultants are registered on the US site. The company is headquartered in Wayne, Pa., with offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Boston, Ottawa, and London. InvestorForce.com has received funding from a group of strategic partners including: California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation's largest public pension fund with assets totaling more than $172 billion; Thomas Weisel Capital Partners L.P. (TWCP TWCP The Woodlands College Park (High School, Texas) TWCP TRU Waste Charcterization/Certification Program TWCP Tank Waste Characterization Planning ), a $1.3 billion private equity fund managed by Thomas Weisel Partners Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWPG), often shortened to just TWP or TWeisel, is a U.S. middle-market and growth focused investment banking firm based in San Francisco, California. ; Internet Capital Group (Nasdaq: ICGE), a leading business-to-business e-commerce company; and Mellon Ventures, Inc., a $1.1 billion affiliate of Mellon Financial  This article or section may contain a proseline.Please help [ convert this timeline] into prose or, if necessary, a . Corporation. About Zephyr Associates, Inc. Zephyr Associates develops and licenses style, performance and asset allocation software for the institutional investment community. StyleADVISOR, its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , is used by over 400 major investment institutions, including plan sponsors, consultants, and money managers. Zephyr's newest product, the Zephyr Web Analytics, allows users to perform style and performance analysis on the Web. The Zephyr Web Analytics, the first user parameterized web based Coming from a Web server. See Web application. style analysis service, is designed to be a turnkey, private labeled solution for websites wanting to provide sophisticated analytical tools to its users. The company is located in Zephyr Cove, Nevada (Lake Tahoe). For more information, visit http://www.styleadvisor.com or call 610-232-2402. |
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