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UBS Vet Opens Firm

Brian Singer has launched investment management firm Singer Partners, which will reunite him with former UBS Global Asset Management colleagues. Singer, who resigned from his post of Americas CIO and head of global investments solutions at UBS in 2007, will be partner and CIO at the new venture. Edouard Senechal who was previously a senior risk manager and executive director at UBS and Renato Staub, who has resigned from his position as senior asset allocation and risk…

Hall Capital Names New President

John Buoymaster will now serve as president of Hall Capital Partners, the firm announced in a statement. Buoymaster, who will also continue to hold the position of director of portfolio management, replaces John Boneparth who left Hall Capital to resume his consulting business. Buoymaster is also a member of the firm's executive committee and board of directors. In new role, Buoymaster will be responsible for guiding the firm's business strategy and operations. 'I'm delighted…

Munder Creates President Role

Munder Capital Management has selected James FitzGerald to serve as its first ever president, a newly created position in which he will report to John Adams, the firm's CEO and CIO. While retaining his responsibilities as of distribution and chief marketing officer, FitzGerald will now focus on overseeing the firm's growth plans. Prior to joining Munder in 2004, FitzGerald was a senior VP at MFS Investment Management. Earlier in his career he worked at Great West…

Haldeman Steps Down From Putnam Roles

After postponing his retirement following the sale of Putnam Investments to Power Financial two years ago, Charles 'Ed' Haldeman has stepped down from his positions as chairman of Putnam Investment Management, president of the Putnam Funds and member of Putnam Funds' board of trustees, Putnam said Tuesday. Putnam President and CEO Robert L. Reynolds will replace Haldeman as president of the Putnam Funds, but the position of chairman of Putnam Investment Management will not be replaced. 'Ed…

Drum Capital Hires Managing Director

Drum Capital Hires Managing Director Duran Curis has joined Drum Capital Management as a managing director responsible for diligence, oversight, manager selection and portfolio construction of the firm's Special Situation Partner Funds. Curis joins Drum from HRJ Capital, where he worked with that firm's special opportunities funds, also as a managing director. Prior to that, he served as managing director and head of LGT Capital Partners' U.S. office, and also spent time at Pacific Corporate Group (PCG).…

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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…

Ohio PERS Loses CIO

The Ohio Public Employees' Retirement System (OPERS) is looking to fill the CIO slot at the fund due to the resignation of Jennifer Hom. A statement announcing her departures notes that she is stepping down for 'personal reasons.' Hom was named director of investments in 2005, when she replaced Neil Toth who succumbed to cancer in March of that year. She joined OPERS in 2002 as a bond portfolio manager and was eventually named senior investment officer…

New Trustees for Illinois Teacher Plan

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has named six new trustees to the board of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS), the plan has announced. The appointments follow the signing of Senate Bill 364 into law as Public Act 96-0006, which changed the size and layout of the plan's board and terminated the terms of several of the board's then-current members. Under this new law, the board increased from 11 members to 13,…

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