The Myth of the Absolute Return Investor—Question & Answer Session

M. Barton Waring is managing director and head of the Client Advisory Group at Barclays Global Investors, where he extends the firm’s research capabilities to strategic partner clients, specializing in total portfolio and total asset class investment issues. Previously, Mr. Waring served as head of Ibbotson Associates, as a practice leader for the asset consulting and asset/liability consulting practice of Towers Perrin, and as head of the defined-contribution business at Morgan Stanley Asset Management. The author of a number of articles on strategic asset allocation and manager structure, he speaks regularly at industry conferences. Mr. Waring received a BS in economics from the University of Oregon, a JD from Lewis & Clark College, and an MBA in finance from Yale University.

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