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International Equity

Toronto Firms Combine to form Navina Asset Management

March 1, 2010 - With the acquisition of Navina Capital Corp.’s outstanding shares at the start of the year, Lawrence Asset Management announced today that both firms would become Navina Asset Management. While the release states the ...

BTIG Hires Duo from Pali Capital

March 1, 2010 - Institutional broker dealer BTIG has appointed another group of former Pali Capital veterans to bolster its client offering. The additions are expected to lead its newly created fundamental equity research group. Last week, BTIG appointed ...

Ohio Highway Patrol Launches Searches

March 1, 2010 - The $650 million Ohio Highway Patrol Retirement System (HPRS) Board of Trustees approved two new searches totaling $65 million, Dan Weiss, retirement system executive director and CIO, told IMW. Collectively, $50 million will ...

First Eagle Makes Addition to Portfolio Management Team

March 1, 2010 - Kimball Brooker has been named an associate portfolio manager at First Eagle Investment Management for the firm’s international value strategy. A company statement announcing the promotion said Brooker joined First Eagle ...

BTIG Continues Expansion with U.S. Hires

February 24, 2010 - Brad Berk and Michael Stamberger have joined BTIG from Pali Capital as managing directors and senior sales traders for the institutional equities division. At Pali Capital, Berk and Stamberger were both senior sales traders...

Collins Stewart Names Head for Capital Markets Group

February 16, 2010 - Henry Erbe has joined Collins Stewart where he will be responsible for the origination, structuring and execution of capital markets transactions managed by the firm’s U.S.-based operations, an announcement issued today ...

Jefferies Adds Event Driven Team

February 16, 2010 - As one its latest attempts to expand global sales and trading in equities and fixed-income, securities and investment banking firm Jefferies has added a new equities focused European event driven desk to its team. The new group, ...

Collins Stewart Carves Out Equity Strategist Role

February 9, 2010 - Anthony Dwyer has joined financial advisory group Collins Stewart to fill the newly created position of managing director and chief equity strategist in the U.S. In a press release today, CEO of Collin Stewart’s North American operations ...

Castor Asset Management Opens its Doors

February 9, 2010 - Castor Asset Management, a new Toronto-based investment firm, is looking to offer “access to Canada in the global arena,” Harold Kent, president and CEO told IMW today. The new firm, which was granted registration by the ...

Atlanta Life Makes Additions

February 5, 2010 - Atlanta Life Investment Advisors (ALIA) made two new additions to its team last month, the firm told IMW today. S. Dawn Swift joined the firm as its marketing and client services coordinator, where she will be the contact ...

AMG Acquires U.K. Manager Artemis

February 1, 2010 - Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) has reached an agreement with BNP Paribas Group subsidiary Fortis Bank to purchase “100% of the equity” of U.K.-based Artemis Investment Management. According to an announcement today, ...

Divine Capital and Cheswold Lane Form Alliance

January 29, 2010 - Institutional brokerage firm Divine Capital Markets and Cheswold Lane Asset Management, a independent financial advisory business, have successfully lined up a “international trading relationship” to bolster increased exposure ...

Endowment Funds Suffer Staggering Losses

January 28, 2010 - For the 2009 fiscal year, colleges and universities nationwide did not perform as well as their institutional pension counterparts and posted double-digit negative returns, a new study claims. The joint National Association of College ...

Risk Equaled Reward for Investors in 4Q09

January 28, 2010 - Institutional plan sponsors posted strong returns at the end of 2009 thanks to gains garnered by investments in “higher-risk asset classes,” a Northern Trust survey reported. The study, which includes statistics from more than 300 ...

Mellon Wins Ohio BWC Account

January 22, 2010 - The $16.9 billion Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has once again made a passive index manager hire for its State Insurance Fund (SIF). The Bureau’s Board of Directors moved Friday to hire Mellon Capital ...