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Odds & Ends - March 3, 2009

*Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) will be making some changes in the next month. Mark Carhart and Ray Iwanowski, managing directors and co-heads of the firm's Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS) team are retiring, as well as Giorgio De Santis managing director and co-head of QIS research. Katinka Domotorffy will take over the CIO role for the quant unit and serve as head of QIS, while Bill Fallon will take over as head of macro research…

Odds & Ends - March 27, 2009

*Carla McGuire has been named principal of outsourced CIO services at Hammond Associates. She will retain her current role of CIO at DePauw University, while also taking on clients for Hammond. McGuire has been CIO at the university since 2003. *Brent Barrie has been appointed CEO at SEAMARK Asset Management. Barrie has been with SEAMARK since 2001, and has served as the firm's COO since February 2008. *Larch Lane Advisors has named Peter Brady director…

Odds & Ends - March 20, 2009

*The $7 billion Maine Public Employees Retirement System has named Sandra Matheson as executive director, effective April 1. She takes over from John Milazzo, the plan's deputy CEO and general counsel, who has filled the position in the interim since Gail Drake Wright retired in February. Matheson currently serves as director of Washington's Department of Retirement Systems (DRS), which oversees $51 billion, and she sits on the $75 billion Washington State Investment Board. Steve Hill,…

Odds & Ends - March 13, 2009

*Rockefeller & Co. has named Jon Pratt as managing director for institutional relationships. Pratt will report to James McDonald, CEO and president of the firm. Prior to joining Rockefeller, Pratt was a managing director and head of Asia-Pacific debt origination at Merrill Lynch. *OppenheimerFunds has named Krishna Memani as a senior VP and head of the firm's high-grade fixed-income team. Before joining OppenheimerFunds, Memani was a managing director and head of Deutsche Bank's U.S. and European…

Odds & Ends - March 6, 2009

*Janet Christensen has joined NewOak Capital as managing director of marketing to institutional clients. She was co-founder of Tegris, a firm specializing in M&A and asset management, before joining the firm. Previously she served as chief of staff to Stephen Scharzman, CEO of the Blackstone Group. *The $36.6 billion Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA) has named David Bomberger as its new deputy CIO, where he will provide additional oversight for PERA's investment operations. Prior to…

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Odds & Ends - June 29, 2009

*Marc Seidner is stepping down from his position as head of domestic debt investing with Harvard Management Company (HMC). HMC oversees Harvard University's $29 billion endowment fund. Seidner is stepping down at the end of the month following a three-yeat stint in the role. *Janus Capital Group Institutional has named Jason Stefanelli VP and institutional sales director, where he will market strategies managed by the firm and its subsidiaries, Perkins Investment Management and INTECH, to corporations,…

Odds & Ends - June 22, 2009

*Auriel Capital Management has named Adam Seitchik managing director, where he will develop customized environmental, social and governance strategies for institutional investors. Seitchik was previously CIO at Trillium Asset Management. He has been replaced at Trillium by Stephanie Leighton, who was promoted from director of equity research to CIO, and by Farnum Brown, a portfolio manager who also took on some of Seitchik's former duties. *The $77.2 billion Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP) has named…

Odds & Ends - June 15, 2009

David Oliner has joined Dune Capital Management as a managing director and principal, where he will also serve as a partner of Dune Real Estate Partners and as a member of the real estate investment committee. Before joining Dune, Oliner was as managing director and senior commercial mortgage trader at Morgan Stanley. Prior to that, he was a senior trader at Bankers Trust. Jack Taylor, Steven Plust and Stephen Alpart have joined Prudential Real Estate…

Odds & Ends - June 8, 2009

*W. Frank Koster has been named as CIO of Dwight Asset Management, effective June 15. Prior to joining Dwight, Koster was senior portfolio manager and co-head of taxable fixed-income at Wells Capital Management. *Jean-Francois Courville has been appointed CEO at MFC Global Investment Management (MFC GIM), where he will be responsible for the firm's businesses in North America, Europe and Asia. He replaces Warren Thomson, who has been named CIO at Manulife Financial, MFC GIM's…

Odds & Ends - June 1, 2009

*Rockefeller Group Investment Management has named John Bottomley senior VP. Prior to joining Rockefeller, Bottomley was a managing director and global products specialist at Citi Property Investors. *David Rosenblum has left his position as portfolio manager and head of structured credit at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The reasons behind his departure are unclear. The firm's structured credit team is handling his duties while a replacement for Rosenblum is sought. *Western Asset Management (WAMCO) has hired…

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