Sanford J. Grossman

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Sanford J. Grossman
Born (1953-07-21) July 21, 1953 (age 70)
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
Institution
Chicago School of Economics
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Doctoral
advisor
Arnold Zellner
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Sanford "Sandy" Jay Grossman (born July 21, 1953) is an American

Journal of Finance. His research in macroeconomics, finance, and risk management has earned numerous awards. Grossman is currently Chairman and CEO of QFS Asset Management, an affiliate of which he founded in 1988. QFS Asset Management shut down its sole remaining hedge fund in January 2014.[1]

Academic career

Sanford Grossman earned his

Wharton
, Grossman held the position of Steinberg Trustee Professor of Finance from 1989 to 1999 (a title now held in Emeritus) and also served as the Director of the Wharton Center for Quantitative Finance (1994–1999).

Professional career

Grossman served as an Economist with the

Federal Reserve System (1977–78), and was a Public Director of the largest U.S. options and futures exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade (1992–96). In 1988, he was elected a Director, in 1992 served as Vice President, and in 1994 was President of the American Finance Association
.

Grossman formed an affiliate of QFS Asset Management, L.P. in 1988.[1] The firm is based in Greenwich, Connecticut, and is an alternative investment management firm that uses financial investment models based on Grossman's research in economics and quantitative finance. The firm specializes in global macro and foreign exchange investment strategies.

Awards

Grossman’s original contributions to economic research received official recognition when he was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal by the American Economic Association at its December 1987 annual meeting. That same year the Q-Group awarded him first prize in The Roger F. Murray Prize[3] competition for the paper “An Analysis of the Implications for Stock and Future Price Volatility of Program Trading and Dynamic Hedging Strategies.” The Editorial Board of the Financial Analysts Journal awarded him the 1988 Graham and Dodd Scroll for “Program Trading and Market Volatility: A Report on Interday Relationships.” Grossman received a Mathematical Finance 1993 Best Paper Award for his article “Optimal Investment Strategies for Controlling Drawdowns.” Grossman received the 1996 Leo Melamed Prize by the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business for outstanding scholarship by a professor. In 2002, Grossman was recognized by the University of Chicago with its Professional Achievement Citation. Most recently, he was awarded the 2009 CME Group-MSRI Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications.[4]

Publications

Books:

Books:

  • Sanford J. Grossman (1989). The Informational Role of Prices. The MIT Press. .

Articles:

References

  1. ^ a b Nicole Hong and Rob Copeland (January 14, 2014). "QFS Asset Management Shuts Currency Hedge Fund". The Wall Street Journal.
  2. ^ Lawrence Delevigne (January 25, 2011). "Grossman donates QFS stake to University of Chicago". Institutional Investor.
  3. ^ "Welcome to Q Group". Q-group.org. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
  4. ^ [1] Archived July 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

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