General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> April 5, 2010

Managing Style-agnostic Equity Portfolios – Cory S. Krebs – Cooksonpeirce & Company, Inc.

Krebs, Cory S.
Cory S. Krebs is a Senior Vice President and Shareholder with Cookson, Peirce & Co., Inc. He serves as Co-Manager of all investment strategies, sits as a member of the investment committee and guides all investment strategy communication initiatives. Before joining the firm in 2003, Mr. Krebs was the Head of Equity Trading with Laurel Capital Advisors LLP, an investment subsidiary of Mellon Financial. There, he was responsible for all aspects of block order trading, participated in new product development and assisted in the investment manager due diligence process. Mr. Krebs graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.A. in economics. He received an MBA with a concentration in finance from the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Krebs was awarded his CFA designation by the CFA Institute in October 2007. Profile
TWST: Please begin with a description of CooksonPeirce and the investment philosophy you use.

Mr. Krebs: CooksonPeirce is a 25-year-old investment firm, and we are located in Pittsburgh, Pa. We manage