1. Noël Amenc is professor of finance at EDHEC Graduate School of Business, Lille/Nice, France, and head of research at Misys Asset Management Systems, Sophia-Antipolis, France.
2. Sina El Bied is quantitative analyst in the alternative investment group at BNP-Paribas Asset Management, Paris.
3. Lionel Martellini is an assistant professor in finance at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.