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Texas Muni. Nears Director Decision

March 11, 2010 - The roughly $15.6 billion Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) is expected to select its new executive director and permanently fill a gap left by Eric Henry, its former executive director and CIO, who resigned last year. In August ...

Altrius Capital to Pursue Institutional Investors

March 10, 2010 - Altrius Capital Management launched an institutional investing division at the start of the year, an official at the 12-year old firm told IMW. Gian Russo, has been brought on to help the New Bern, N.C.-based firm break ground in...

Maylor to Head Essex Retirement System

March 9, 2010 - The Massachusetts Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission (PERAC) has selected a Swampscott Town Administrator to assume board chairmanship duties for the Essex Regional Retirement Board (ERRB) ...

West Virginia Looks for Alts Pro

March 3, 2010 - The West Virginia Investment Management Board (WVIMB) is looking to add an alternative investment analyst to its staffing roster. A recent posting on the state’s investment agency Web site indicates that the new staffer will ...

Jacksha to Return to New Mexico ERB

February 26, 2010 - New Mexico Interim State Investment Officer (SIO) Bob Jacksha will step down from his post at the State Investment Council (SIC) and resume his previous duties at the Educational ...

Ohio SERS Director Plans Departure

February 22, 2010 - The $9.3 billion School Employees’ Retirement System of Ohio (SERS) Executive Director James Winfree will be retiring from his lead post, effective April 30. During a Board meeting last Friday, the system staff and trustees ...

Ohio School Fund Puts Out Feelers for CFO

February 12, 2010 - The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio (SERS) CFO Virginia Brizendine will be retiring at the end of June, Tim Barbour, SERS communications coordinator, confirmed today. Brizendine, who previously held a CFO position ...

Advisory Research to Remain on Watch List at Oklahoma Plan

February 1, 2010 - The Oklahoma Teachers’ Retirement System has decided to extend the watch list status of Advisory Research due to a recent announcement that there would be a change in ownership at the firm, James Wilbanks, executive secretary ...

Lawson Says Goodbye to Fidelity

January 21, 2010 - After much speculation, Fidelity Investments announced that its president, Rodger Lawson, will retire at the end of the quarter after two-and-one-half years on the job. The big question now is who, or if, anyone will replace ....

Clark Steps Down from Garden State Investment Post

January 20, 2010 - William Clark has resigned as director of the New Jersey Division of Investment (DOI),state Treasury spokesperson Thomas Vincz told IMW today. Vincz said Clark’s resignation from the state pension investment management ...

Canadian Money Manager Makes Appointments

January 19, 2010 - Canadian investment manager Sceptre Investment Counsel Limited’s Board of Directors promoted three to managing director roles as the firm continues to bolster its “long-term track record” by recognizing internal personnel ...

Glenmede Goes for Growth in 2010

January 19, 2010 - Glenmede’s growth strategy is a little bit boring, but that is just the way the Philadelphia-based investment and wealth management company’s new CEO likes it. Despite a 20% increase in assets last year to $18 billion as of ...

Perella Places Emphasis on Asset Management

January 14, 2010 - The New Year has brought about serious changes at Perella Weinberg Partners, including the addition of a long-short equity focused investment team and a new deputy head for its money management business. On Monday, the financial services firm ...

Indiana Replaces Deputy Treasurer

January 12, 2010 - After just a year in the Indiana State Treasury’s management division, Steve Midkiff, state deputy treasurer and portfolio manager, has called it quits. In a statement today, state Treasurer Richard Mourdock announced Midkiff’s ...

Polaris Capital Enhances Analyst Team

January 12, 2010 - Eleanor Marsh has joined Polaris Capital Management where she has been given the task of focusing on global and international equities in her role as a research analyst, the Boston-based firm said today. In a Jan. 12 press release, ...