Mark Abbott (mark.abbott@barra.com) is Director of Consulting Services in BARRA's Research Group in New York.

Dmitry Barbashin (dmitry.barbashin@barra.com) is a Consultant in BARRA's Research Group in New York.

Ronald N. Kahn was Director of Research at BARRA from July 1991 to September 1998. He is now a Managing Director at Barclays Global Investors in San Francisco.

David Pfeffer (david.pfeffer@barra.com) is a Senior Research Analyst in BARRA's Research Group in New York.

Eugene Reznik (eugene.reznik@barra.com) is a consultant in BARRA's Fixed Income Research Group.

Nicolo Torre (nicolo.torre@barra.com) is Manager of Special Projects in the Research Group in Berkeley.

Marco Vangelisti was Director, Strategic Consulting in Berkeley.