Interactive Data’s Rob Haddad Named to 2010 “Rising Stars of Mutual Funds” by Institutional Investor News
April 06 2010 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of
financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today
announced that Rob Haddad, a Director of Evaluated Services for the
Company’s Pricing and Reference Data business, has been named as
one of the 2010 “Rising Stars of Mutual Funds.”
Haddad is among a select group of twenty talented professionals
to be named to this prestigious listing. He will be honored at Fund
Action and Fund Directions’ 17th Annual Mutual Fund Industry Awards
in New York on April 15.
Haddad has been with Interactive Data for more than eight years.
He was recently selected to lead the Pricing and Reference Data
business’s Fair Value Information Services team, which focuses on
providing mutual fund industry professionals with daily evaluated
pricing for international equities, options, and futures. Recently,
he was a catalyst for industry innovation, collaborating with
Russell Investments to introduce first-to-market fair value
adjusted global index information designed to assist mutual funds
investing in foreign equity securities with performance
measurements.
In the past year, Haddad was instrumental in the creation of a
service, together with Interactive Data’s strategic partner – Prism
Valuations, to provide valuations for loans offered in connection
with the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF). He also
helped introduce a new London noon valuation point for the Fair
Value Information Service for equities, which can assist
European-domiciled funds in meeting their fair value
requirements.
Haddad holds a leadership role in representing Interactive Data
at industry conferences and client board meetings, highlighting the
Company’s approach to evaluated services He has published several
industry whitepapers and articles focusing on fair valuation
topics. He has a Masters in Quantitative Finance from the McCallum
Graduate School of Business at Bentley University.
“Rob’s wide range of contributions to our team, together with
his ability to educate and help our clients navigate a variety of
complex topics, has elevated his position within the mutual fund
industry,” said Liz Duggan, managing director, Evaluations,
Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data. “The team at
Interactive Data takes pride in our ability to provide insight into
industry trends and to effectively help our clients address their
challenges — and Rob is a great example of these capabilities.”
Nominations for the Rising Stars of Mutual Funds are made
annually by colleagues, peers and mentors who view these
professionals as emerging thought leaders of the industry. Honorees
represent a variety of executive posts, including portfolio
management, product development, marketing, and relationship
management. The editorial staff of Institutional Investor News
selects the recipients of this honor.
About Interactive Data Corporation
Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) is a leading global
provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions
to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors.
The Company's businesses supply real-time market data,
time-sensitive pricing, evaluations and reference data for millions
of securities traded around the world, including hard-to-value
instruments. Many of the world's best-known financial service and
software companies subscribe to the Company's services in support
of their trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation
activities. Interactive Data, headquartered in Bedford, Mass., has
approximately 2,400 employees in offices located throughout North
America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO; LSE:
PSON), an international media company, whose businesses include the
Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, is
Interactive Data Corporation's majority stockholder.
Interactive Data’s Pricing and Reference Data business provides
global securities pricing, evaluations and reference data designed
to support financial institutions’ and investment funds' pricing
activities, securities operations, research and portfolio
management. Interactive Data collects, edits, maintains and
delivers data on more than 6 million securities, including daily
evaluations for approximately 2.8 million fixed income and
international equity issues. Interactive Data specializes in
‘hard-to-get’ information and evaluates many ‘hard-to value’
instruments.
Pricing, evaluations and reference data are provided in the U.S.
through Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Inc. and
internationally through Interactive Data (Europe) Ltd. and
Interactive Data (Australia) Pty Ltd.
For more information about Interactive Data Corporation and its
businesses, please visit www.interactivedata.com
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