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Texas Municipal Concludes Director Search

Mar 12, 2010 – After seven months of serving as the interim Executive Director to the $15.6 billion Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS), David Gavia received permanent distinction as the system’s chief earlier today. According to a posting ...

KKR Revamps Asset Management Debt Team

Mar 12, 2010 – Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has promoted four professionals in its asset management department to run the firm's special situations and leveraged credit strategies. The private equity firm appointed Jamie Weinstein and ...

Most U.S. Plans ‘Unfamiliar’ with European Hedge Fund Rules

Mar 12, 2010 – Due to an impending increase in European hedge fund regulations, investor demand has seemed to shift to Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) over the past year, a Preqin research report ...

More Companies Fine Tuning Incentive Programs, Mercer Says

Mar 12, 2010 – More than 120 employers from across the nation said they have introduced or plan to adjust new “measures” for their 2010 annual incentive programs that would “be commensurate with performance,” a new Mercer study states. According ...

GoldenTree Names New Partner

Mar 11, 2010 – GoldenTree Asset Management, a traditional and alternative assets manager, has added Tom Humphrey as a partner and member of its executive committee. Humphrey joins GoldenTree from Lehman Brothers and ...

Connecticut AG Sues Ratings Agencies

Mar 11, 2010 – Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has filed suit against Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s for allegedly enabling the “worst economic downturn in the nation since The Great Depression” due to their issuance of “tainted” ...

SFG Names New Research Director

Mar 11, 2010 – Institutional broker dealer Susquehanna Financial Group (SFG) has hired Michael Towey as its new director of research, as the firm continues to “build out of its fundamental research platform,” a statement issued today said. Towey spent ...

AMG Adds Fidelity Alum to Board

Mar 11, 2010 – Dwight Churchill has landed on the Board of Directors at Affiliated Managers Group, following his retirement from Fidelity Investments more than a year ago. During his 16-year run at Fidelity, he served as head of the ...

Hirtle Callaghan Carves out PE Role

Mar 10, 2010 – Jamie Johnson will fill the newly created role of Director of Private Equity at West Conshohocken, Pa.-based Hirtle, Callaghan & Co. In a statement today, the firm said Johnson was brought on board to spearhead its private ...

Phoenix Realty Hires Industry Vet

Mar 10, 2010 – Edward Ratinoff has been named managing director of national acquisitions at the Phoenix Realty Group (PRG), the firm said in a statement today. He will be responsible for overseeing the firm’s acquisition teams for PRG’s two ...

Alpine Capital Hires Marketer

Mar 10, 2010 – St. Louis, Mo.-based firm Alpine Capital Research (ACR) has added Daryl Grayson to help oversee “the firm’s marketing and sales efforts to the financial intermediary and institutional channels,” an announcement said today. The ...

Longroad Bulks up Investment Team

Mar 9, 2010 – Private equity firm Longroad Asset Management has announced four new additions to its investment team. Peter McLaughlin has joined as the Director of Originations, bringing more than 20 years of industry experience to the ...

Investors Place Focus on Climate Change

Mar 9, 2010 – Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore may not be the only one expressing concerns over the “inconvenient truth” of climate change and the effects it will have on the world. Investment consultant Mercer, and 14 other institutional ...

Northern Trust Fills Consultant Relations Role

Mar 9, 2010 – David McPhillips has been appointed director of consultant relations for the corporate and institutional services business unit in North America at Northern Trust. He replaces Matt Severs, Newton Sears, spokesman for the firm, ...

Intoll Settles with OTPP

Mar 9, 2010 – The largest professional pension plan in Canada has come to an AUD$20 million settlement agreement with Australian-based Intoll Group. According to an announcement today, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTTP) confirmed ...