Jaffray Woodriff's Quantitative Investment Management wants to grow after a stretch of tough years. In conversations with Woodriff and those running the $1.1 billion firm, they're as optimistic as ever. Jaffray Woodriff, the face of $1.1 billion Quantitative Investment Management, is stepping back into the spotlight. AdvertisementNew hires and the creation of a research team have freed Woodriff, still the firm's investment engine, to spend more time on idea generation and less on implementation. Lankford, in particular, has given a new lease on life to the firm, Williams said.

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Persons: Woodriff, they're, Jaffray Woodriff, hadn't, QIM, Mike Geismar, Greyson Williams, Geismar, He's, Salem Abraham, Boone Pickens, Harry Markowitz, Abraham, Kyle Dunn, David Vogel, Chris Lankford, Williams, Lankford, allocators, Woodruff, Seth Oldham, Greg Tylka, I'd, Stocks Organizations: Investment Management, University of Virginia, Pepsi, QIM's, Woodriff Locations: Charlottesville, Virginia, New York, Greenwich, Florida