Lasse H. Pedersen

AQR Capital Management LLC (AQR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Clifford Asness, David Kabiller, and John Liew in 1998. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of AQR Capital Management Holdings LLC and their ultimate parent is Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). AQR provides investment management services to institutional clients through managed accounts. Their investors may include investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, state or municipal government entities, other investment advisers, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions, corporations or other businesses entities.

FTSE Group creates and manages stock indices. The firm provides indexing and analytic solutions. Its services are offered to pension funds, asset managers, ETF providers and investment banks for investment analysis, performance measurement, asset allocation and hedging. The company was founded by Mark Makepeace in 1995 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.