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Affinity Investment Advisors LLC Marks First Year Anniversary With Growth

IRVINE, CALIF, (February 27, 2012) –  This year marks the first-year anniversary of Affinity Investment Advisors since its re-launch with new clients and new hires. Affinity, originally founded in 1992, became part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management in 2007.  In … Continue reading →

Q4 2011 Commentary

The stock market produced an abnormally high return in the fourth quarter following a very disappointing third quarter return. The volatility of returns in the last two quarters of 2011 was characteristic of the year as a whole. Throughout 2011, … Continue reading →

Affinity Investment Advisors, LLC Relaunches as Independent Boutique

(December 6, 2010) Driven by the immense opportunities for independent firms, the core team that founded Affinity Investment Advisors in 1992 has now re-launched the firm under the Affinity brand as of November 1, 2010 to service institutional and retail … Continue reading →

FundFire: Morgan Stanley Vet to Lead Spin-Out’s Distribution

Reported By Yaël Bizouati January 4, 2011 A long-time Morgan Stanley Investment Management executive has rejoined some fellow MSIM veterans and will lead the distribution efforts for a firm that recently spun out of Invesco. Steve Figliozzi has joined Affinity Investment … Continue reading →

FundFire: Morgan Stanley Vets Flourish in Independence

Reported By Yaël Bizouati June 7, 2011 The former Morgan Stanley Investment Management portfolio management teams, which briefly joined Invesco as part of a larger acquisition and then parted with the firm, are faring well a year later, despite the different … Continue reading →