BIRR® Portfolio Analysis, Inc. - About the Company and its principals

About the Company

BIRR Portfolio Analysis, Inc. was founded in the late 1980's to provide specialized consulting and risk evaluation software to investment managers, consultants and their clients. The four principal owners of the company are individually and collectively known as experts in the general area of portfolio risk analysis and Arbitrage Pricing Theory.

	Edwin Burmeister, Research Professor of Economics at Duke University and Commonwealth Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Virginia, is President of BIRR Portfolio Analysis. Additional information about Edwin Burmeister
	Roger Ibbotson, Professor in the Practice of Finance at Yale University, was president of Ibbotson Associates, a consulting firm specializing in economics, investment, and finance and the authoritative source of historical data for U.S. and international capital markets. Ibbotson Associates is is now a Morningstar company. Additional information about Roger Ibbotson
	Stephen A. Ross, Franco Modigliani Professor of Finance and Economics at M.I.T., originated the Arbitrage Pricing Theory in 1976. He is Co-Chairman of Roll and Ross Asset Management. Additional information about Stephen A. Ross
	Richard Roll, Allstate Professor of Finance at UCLA, worked with Stephen A. Ross to develop and implement the Arbitrage Pricing Theory. He is Co-Chairman of Roll and Ross Asset Management. Additional information about Richard Roll

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