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Former Renaissance Technologies COO Jim Rowen Joins Accrete's Advisory Board

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Accrete AI, a leading dual-use enterprise AI company that licenses interactive AI software called Analytical AI Agents to both government and commercial customers, is pleased to welcome Accrete investor Jim Rowen to Accrete's Advisory Board. Prior to joining Accrete's Advisory Board, Jim Rowen served as Renaissance Technologies' Chief Operating Officer and Board member.

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  • Accrete investor Jim Rowen, former COO of Renaissance Technologies, joins Accrete's Advisory Board to support the company as it scales
    NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Accrete AI , a leading dual-use enterprise AI company that licenses interactive AI software called Analytical AI Agents to both government and commercial customers, is pleased to welcome Accrete investor Jim Rowen to Accrete's Advisory Board.
  • Prior to joining Accrete's Advisory Board, Jim Rowen served as Renaissance Technologies' Chief Operating Officer and Board member.
  • "We're thrilled to have Jim Rowen join Accrete's Advisory Board as our company enters a period of unprecedented growth as well as unexplored opportunities.
  • Accrete COO Jim Gill added, "We are beyond excited to have Jim Rowen join our Advisory Board.

Accrete is proud to welcome Retired Four-Star General Stanley A. McChrystal to the Accrete Advisory Board

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Monday, January 9, 2023
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NEW YORK, Jan. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Accrete, Inc. is honored to welcome retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal to its Advisory Board.

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  • NEW YORK, Jan. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Accrete, Inc. is honored to welcome retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal to its Advisory Board.
  • Throughout his military career, McChrystal commanded a number of elite organizations, including the 75th Ranger Regiment.
  • “General McChrystal has been a great friend and mentor since we launched Accrete in 2017,” said Bhuyan.
  • General McChrystal knows how to mentor leaders into pursuing a bold vision to achieve transformational change that produces high-level results.

GlassView Announces the Launch of GlassView Smart Gamma

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022
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NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GlassView , the world's largest independent video platform, today announced the release of GlassView Smart Gamma.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GlassView , the world's largest independent video platform, today announced the release of GlassView Smart Gamma.
  • GlassView Smart Gamma has proven to be a competitive advantage for many of GlassView's clients.
  • During the beta launch of Smart Gamma, conversions for GlassView's B2B, finance and insurance clients doubled.
  • Clearly, the Beta adjusts appropriately according to the market conditions, which is for us the very meaning of "Smart Beta" and "Smart Gamma".

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Receives $70M Gift; Largest Unrestricted Endowed Gift to a U.S.-Based Mathematics Institute

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Thursday, May 19, 2022
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The Board of Trustees of Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) today announced it has received a transformational and unrestricted $70 million gift from two families and long- time MSRI supporters.

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  • The Board of Trustees of Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) today announced it has received a transformational and unrestricted $70 million gift from two families and long- time MSRI supporters.
  • The gift represents the largest endowment ever made to a U.S.-based institute dedicated to mathematics, and it significantly advances MSRIs current endowment campaign goal of $100 million.
  • Founded in 1982, the institute has become one of the worlds preeminent centers of research in the mathematical sciences.
  • The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) is a landmark of US and world collaborative mathematical research.

MFA Announces 2021-2022 Board Leadership and Welcomes New Members of the Board

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Wednesday, November 3, 2021
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Natalie Birrell, Partner & COO, Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C., has been named Chair of the MFA Board of Directors.

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  • Natalie Birrell, Partner & COO, Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C., has been named Chair of the MFA Board of Directors.
  • Birrell will serve a two-year term as MFA board chair effective October 1, 2021.
  • "I join the board in congratulating Natalie Birrell on becoming MFA chair and Jim Rowen as board vice-chair," said Bryan Corbett, President and CEO of MFA.
  • MFA thanks Jon Hitchon for his many contributions and partnership as board chair during a period of great transformation at MFA."

Cambrian Asset Management Launches Systematic Bitcoin and Ethereum Trusts

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
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MILL VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Cambrian Asset Management, Inc. ("Cambrian"), a quantitative investment firm specializing in digital assets, today announced the launch of the Cambrian Bitcoin Systematic Trust and the Cambrian Ethereum Systematic Trust (the "Trusts").

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  • MILL VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Cambrian Asset Management, Inc. ("Cambrian"), a quantitative investment firm specializing in digital assets, today announced the launch of the Cambrian Bitcoin Systematic Trust and the Cambrian Ethereum Systematic Trust (the "Trusts").
  • The Trusts are the first of their kind and designed for institutional and accredited individual investors with existing or seeking exposure to Bitcoin or Ethereum.
  • The Trusts will leverage the same systems employed by Cambrian with respect to its other strategies, which trade over 50 digital assets.
  • These Trusts seek to do just that and provide the same benefits to investors seeking to gain their first exposure to Bitcoin and Ethereum."

Hedge Funds Must Embrace AI or Die

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020
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CHICAGO, Aug. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Renaissance Technologies famed hedge fund, Medallion, along with other AI-driven funds including Citadel, D.E.

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  • CHICAGO, Aug. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Renaissance Technologies famed hedge fund, Medallion, along with other AI-driven funds including Citadel, D.E.
  • With the sophistication of technology applied in this fund, other hedge funds must embrace AI or die."
  • One of the challenges facing the use of AI in hedge funds is the inability of human programmers to keep up with its speed and sophistication.
  • According to Preqin Pro , hedge funds that use AI to help with trading have been outperforming the hedge fund benchmark with three-year cumulative returns at +26.96 percent over the past three years.

Christopher Hohn of TCI Fund Management and James Simons of Renaissance Technologies Top Institutional Investor’s Rich List

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Thursday, March 26, 2020
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NEW YORK, March 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TCI Fund Management founder Chris Hohn and Renaissance Technologies founder James Simons both nabbed the top spot on Institutional Investors 19th annual Rich List ranking of the top-earning hedge fund managers, earning roughly $2 billion each in 2019.

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  • NEW YORK, March 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TCI Fund Management founder Chris Hohn and Renaissance Technologies founder James Simons both nabbed the top spot on Institutional Investors 19th annual Rich List ranking of the top-earning hedge fund managers, earning roughly $2 billion each in 2019.
  • Jim Simons remains the sole person to qualify for the Rich List in all 19 years of its existence.
  • Citadels Kenneth Griffin and Millennium Managements Israel Englander tied for the second spot, with 2019 earnings of $1.5 billion each.
  • Each year, IIdetermines the 25 hedge fund managers who personally earned the most money in a single year.

2019 Case Study of Two Sigma Investments, LP and Affiliates - Includes Comparisons with Other Legendary Quantitative Trading Firm

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Thursday, December 19, 2019
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DUBLIN, Dec. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Case Study: Two Sigma Investments, LP and Affiliates" company profile has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • DUBLIN, Dec. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Case Study: Two Sigma Investments, LP and Affiliates" company profile has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • In this comprehensive and unprecedented 65-page, 67-exhibit, and 16,100-word case study, the publisher details the structure, operating strategies and trading strategies of quantitative hedge fund powerhouse, Two Sigma Investments, LP and affiliates.
  • Along with a chronology of notable developments and collection of data from its launch until mid-2019, this analysis also includes comparisons with other legendary quantitative trading firms, including (principally) David Shaw's eponymous D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.; Izzy Englander's Millennium Management, LLC; and Jim Simons' Renaissance Technologies, LLC.
  • Shaw executives, mathematician John Overdeck and computer scientist David Siegel - along with a third co-founder, Mark Pickard (Tudor Investment's former chief financial officer, who retired in 2006).