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Deriving satisfaction; Standard & Poor's index and portfolio services chief signed on before the market sell-off, but with volatility comes calls for new benchmarks.

Publication: Pensions & Investments
Publication Date: 09-MAR-09 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: Deriving satisfaction; Standard & Poor's index and portfolio services chief signed on before the market sell-off, but with volatility comes calls for new benchmarks.(Face to Face)(The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. appoints Alexander Matturri )

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Byline: Isabelle Clary

Alexander Matturri joined Standard & Poor's, a division of McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc., as executive managing director for index and portfolio services in May 2007 - just three months before the credit crisis erupted in full force.

But the sell-off in stocks and bonds might be a blessing in disguise for the index business as institutional investors more than ever are considering diversifying their portfolios, a move that calls for new benchmarks.

Mr. Matturri's knowledge of equity derivatives markets and equity structured investments provided the needed background to develop indexes such as the S&P U.S. Commercial Paper index, the S&P Target Risk index series or the S&P/LSTA (Loan Syndications and Trading Association) U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 index, all launched last year.

Before joining S&P, Mr. Matturri was senior vice president and director of global equity of Northern Trust Global Investments, based in its New York office. He had been director and senior index strategist at Deutsche Asset Management's index and quantitative business, when NTGI bought that unit from its parent, Deutsche Bank AG in February 2003, Prior to Deutsche Bank,...

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