- University of Arizona College of Management: A team of five seniors beat 49 business school teams to win the Chicago Quantitative Alliance Investment Challenge. Students were tasked with creating and managing a market neutral portfolio with no more than 5 percent of the portfolio invested in a single stock and no more than 5 percent of the portfolio in cash.
The students — Spencer Bateman, Hilla Hascalovici, Charles Recchion, Edward Recchion and Kham To — created a portfolio to capitalize on a potential Trump victory, a strategy that paid off when he won the election. The Eller team won $1,500 and the chance to have their resumes circulated to all CQA members. CQA is a nonprofit, international group founded in 1993 with the goal of promoting quantitative research through conferences and educational programs.
- Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System: PSPRS was named Allocator of the Year from Institutional Investor Magazine for its strategic use of highly diverse investments to tamp down portfolio risk. PSPRS, which manages more than $9 billion in assets, was one of nine pensions in North America to receive an individual honor as part of the international finance magazine’s 2017 Public Funds Roundtable Awards. The awards criteria included investment excellence and innovation, positioning a portfolio for long-term performance, successful construction and management of a complex portfolio, as well as internal investment leadership.
- Sonora Quest Laboratories: Sonora Quest was named the winner for best integrated marketing campaign by the American Marketing Association. The Phoenix chapter of AMA spotlighted the company’s efforts to support the success and growth of the new patient service, My Lab ReQuest.
- Arizona Telemedicine Program: ATP, based at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson, has been recognized by AZ Business magazine for Outstanding Achievement in Digital Health. The Arizona Telemedicine Program was developed in response to perceived disparities in health-care services between the urban and rural populations in the state. Launched in 1996 with financial support from the Arizona Legislature, the ATP now serves 170 sites throughout rural Arizona.
