Smith Breeden appoints new VP

Tim Cassidy has joined Smith Breeden Associates, an investment firm, as a Vice President in the firm's Investment Management Group.

Smith Breeden Co-Founder Wins Award

Smith Breeden Associates’ co-founder and former chairman Douglas T. Breeden, has been named the 2013 International Association for Quantitative Finance/SunGard Financial Engineer of the Year.

Durham's Smith Breeden to be Acquired by French Company

An agreement has been signed to make Durham's Smith Breeden Associates a subsidiary of Amundi, a Paris-based firm that had about $955 billion in assets under management as of March. The Durham firm, which has about $6.4 billion in assets under management, will change its name to Amundi Smith Breeden following the acquisition, which is expected to close by the end of September.

Smith Breeden Associates Names New CEO

Smith Breeden Associates announced that effective immediately Michael J. Giarla, the Firm's Chairman, will assume the position of Chief Executive Officer.