adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Acadian
Example Sentences
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Gabriel McNerney, a managing director with Harbor Capital Advisors, which is based in Chicago, told MarketWatch how the fund’s subadviser, Acadian Asset Management, uses a systematic process to manage the fund.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
The reporting of quarterly earnings, notes corporate finance expert Owen Lamont of Acadian Asset Management, was “a bottom-up historical phenomenon reflecting voluntary arrangements between firms and investors, not a top-down phenomenon imposed by law.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
In May, nearly 8% of the return of all the world’s stock markets combined came from South Korea’s SK Hynix, says Owen Lamont of Acadian Asset Management.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“It’s shifting the whole world,” Owen Lamont, senior vice president and portfolio manager at Acadian Asset Management, said of the AI trade.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
A youth, a mildfaced Acadian, was drawing water from the astern, which was nothing more than a rusty buoy, with an opening on one side, sunk in the ground.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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