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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 - September 21, 2009

*Val Guilford has joined the equity sales and trading team at CastleOak Securities. He was most recently president and head global trader of MAGNA Securities Corp. He was also co-CEO of Magna Securities Global. *Hammond Associates Institutional Fund Consultants has hired Terry Daniels as an associate consultant.*David Keiran has joined real estate investment firm Marcus Partners and a principal and CFO. He will be based in Boston. Before joining Marcus Partners, he was a senior…

Odds & Ends - August 31, 2009

*Northern Trust has named Connie Lindsey as Head of Corporate Social Responsibility. The newly created position includes responsibility for the design and implementation of Northern Trust's Corporate Social Responsibility goals, strategy, policies and programs. She will also oversee the firm’s response to environmental matters and social issues with the marketplace, workplace and community, Northern Trust said in a statement. Lindsey has served as an executive VP and segment head in the public entities and institution…

Odds & Ends - August 10, 2009

*The Maryland State Retirement System saw its assets decline by 20% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009. The fund now has a portfolio valued at $28.5 billion, it has announced. The system said the losses reflect declines seen in the domestic and international equity markets during the same timeframe.*Margaret Foran has joined Prudential Finance as VP, chief governance officer and secretary. She will report to Susan Blount, senior VP and general counsel at…

Odds & Ends - August 3, 2009

*New Jersey State Attorney General Anne Milgrim has filed a lawsuit against Merrill Lynch & Co. The suit alleges that Merrill Lynch sold the New Jersey Division of Investment $300 million in stock in January 2008 based on misleading information. The Division of Investment oversees the pension fund investments for the state.*The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (PRIM) has posted a loss of 23.6% or $12.8 billion for the fiscal year ended June 30.…

Odds & Ends - July 27, 2009

*New York City Pension Funds will divest from Oil and Natural Gas Limited and PetroChina due to the companies ties to Iran, William Thompson, comptroller of New York City has announced. The shares are worth approximately $10.8 million. *Morgan Stanley has named Jack DiMaio global head of interest rate, credit and currency trading. He was previously head of fixed-income for Credit Suisse’s North America operations and head of alternative investments at Credit Suisse Asset Management.…

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