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CalPERS Names Chief Operating CIO

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has found a replacement for Chief Operating Investment Officer Ken Marzion who is retiring after 35 years at the plan. Effective April 19, Janine Guillot will fill the role, ...

Pritchard Capital Hires for Sales Team

Pritchard Capital Partners continued its expansion today and added two executive veterans to its roster. Tyler Davis and William Flaherty, whose combined experience encompasses more than 45-years in the industry, have ...

UVa. Drops $100M More in February

The endowment for the University of Virginia (UVa.) has reported a roughly $100 million loss for the month of February. The fund has dipped from $5.1 billion to $3.76 billion in the past eight months, equaling a 26% drop, according to a report by The Daily Congress. Despite this, UVa. intends to maintain it current investment scheme. Last month, the University of Virginia Investment Management Company (UVIMCO) placed $600 million of its investment portfolio in cash and…

Hard Times Could Spell Good Fortune for NewOak

Times are hard in America these days, and for the moment at least, Ron D'Vari likes it that way. D'Vari is co-founder and CEO of NewOak Capital, a New York-based fund management and advisory firm founded last summer that is focused on investing in distressed assets. 'There's a whole new world coming in terms of financial structure,' said D'Vari, who came to this timely new venture from a position as head of structured finance at BlackRock…

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West Virginia Plan Loses Director

After more than four years of service to the West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board (CPRB), Executive Director Anne Lambright will be stepping down, citing health reasons. During yesterday’s CPRB meeting, Lambright ...

Reliance Trust Stays True to Form

Reliance Trust, an Atlanta, Ga.-based independent trust and full-service financial company, plans to “stick to its niches” for future sustainable growth, Anthony Guthrie, firm president and managing principal, told IMW. In a ...

Panholzer Suggests Currency Inclusion in Portfolio

In the world of investing, and especially in the volatile world of currency trading, there are plenty of stories about people who got it wrong. But Peter Panholzer, a veteran currency trader and fund manager who is a founding ...

Shah Capital Sees Less Volatility in Long/Short

We’re living in a post-Madoff world and investors are somewhat skittish on placing their assets in alternative strategies and even more specifically, hedge fund strategies. But, we’re also living in a world where many pension funds are...

Matrix Uses “Proprietary Screening Process” to find Value

Last month, Steven Pisarkiewicz joined Matrix Asset Advisors, a New York-based institutional management company founded 23 years ago by David Katz and the late John Gates, as a managing director, senior portfolio manager and a partner in the boutique firm. Pisarkiewicz, prior to moving to Matrix, had spent over 15 years at AllianceBernstein, where he handled business development. …

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