The News Review:
- Robert Murphy Joins Ivy Asset Management Corp. As Director …
- UC Davis Graduate School of Management Dean Honored with Aspen …
- HMP Communications Announces Strategic Management Realignments …
Robert Murphy Joins Ivy Asset Management Corp. As Director …
MarketWatch
, a global fund of hedge funds that is part of BNY Mellon Asset Management, has named Robert Murphy as director, investment strategies group. In this new position with the fund of hedge funds boutique, he will work with the global investment team and have a range of responsibilities, including elements of the investment research, product development and portfolio management processes. Murphy, who reports to Sean Cumiskey, managing director and head of the investment strategies group at Ivy, is based in New York and works with Ivy’s global investment team. Murphy joins Ivy from Meridian Capital Partners, where he was a partner and member of the firm’s portfolio management group. At Meridian, he was responsible for the event-driven and relative-value investment strategies and was in charge of the firm’s quantitative research and risk management functions.
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UC Davis Graduate School of Management Dean Honored with Aspen …
MarketWatch
, Nov 05, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Nicole Woolsey Biggart, dean and professor of management and sociology
at the University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management,
will receive the Aspen Institute’s Center for
Business Education’s 2008 Faculty Pioneer
Award for Institutional Impact at a reception this evening at Ernst &
Young’s corporate headquarters in New York
City. The annual recognition, dubbed the “Oscars of
the business school world” by the Financial
Times, celebrates MBA faculty who have demonstrated leadership and
risk-taking in integrating social and environment issues into academic
research, educational programs and business practice. “I am deeply honored to receive this award on
behalf of the entire UC Davis Graduate School of Management community,”
said Biggart. “This award recognizes the
collaborative, innovative and entrepreneurial culture we have fostered
in which the philosophy, values and principles of social and
environmental responsibility are woven into the very fabric of the
school. UC Davis MBA students and graduates are globally aware and
dedicated to improving their communities and the world. ”
Biggart announced that she will donate the honorarium that comes with
the award to the student chapter of Net Impact at UC Davis, which itself
has been recognized nationally as “Best Small
Chapter of the Year” and “Trailblazer
Chapter of the Year” the past two years. Biggart credits the student organization for new and innovative
programs, activities and opportunities to spread the message of
corporate responsibility and demonstrate its impact.
HMP Communications Announces Strategic Management Realignments …
MarketWatch
“In
order to create a more nimble organization, it is essential that we
build an internal infrastructure that is agile and responsive to the
specialties we serve. ”
Bill Norton, formerly Vice President, Meetings & Trade Shows, will
succeed Peter Norris as President of HMP Communications. Norton has more
than 20 years of experience in various senior management roles, and
joined the company in January 2008. His background and experience
include publishing, trade show production and management, healthcare and
biopharmaceutical conference development and association management. He
has also partnered with leading trade associations and professional
societies in the nursing, pharmaceutical and a variety of other medical
fields. Norton will be responsible for day-to-day management of HMP
Communications. “The medical communications sector is evolving
and changing,” says Norton.