New Hampshire picks new investment director
By Barry B. Burr November 20, 2009Lawrence Johansen was named director of investments of the $5 billion New Hampshire Retirement System, Concord.He is expected to join in early January, although a date hasn't been set,...
Commodities investing posting record year
By Douglas Appell November 20, 2009Total investment flows into commodities already have broken the record of $51 billion set in 2006, and should reach $60 billion for the year, a report from Barclays Capital said.Institutional...
Morgan Stanley moves real estate business unit
By Arleen Jacobius November 20, 2009Morgan Stanley transferred Crescent Real Estate Equities LP, a real estate business it took private in 2007, to a joint venture formed by Crescent’s primary lender, Barclays Capital, and Goff...
Invesco Powershares CEO Bruce Bond stepping back
By David Hoffman November 20, 2009Bruce Bond is stepping down as chief executive of Invesco PowerShares Capital Management, the exchange-traded-fund provider he founded in 2003, and will be replaced by Ben Fulton.
Aberdeen replaces Bramdean Asset
By Drew Carter November 20, 2009Aberdeen Asset Management is replacing Bramdean Asset Management as manager of Bramdean Alternatives' $183 million in assets, confirmed Jonathan Carr, chairman of the multiasset alternative fund's...
Low-return environment tops endowment concerns, survey shows
By Timothy Inklebarger November 20, 2009Endowments and foundations are focusing on risk management and funding operating budgets as they seek a return to investment strategies with higher returns, according to a Pyramis Pulse Survey of 109 ...
Bornhoft Group hires new partner
By Christine Williamson November 20, 2009Thomas O'Donnell joined The Bornhoft Group as a partner. The new position is part of an expansion of the managed futures specialist's institutional investor marketing efforts, Mr. O'Donnell...
Rockwell Automation contributes
By Barry B. Burr November 20, 2009Rockwell Automation Inc., Milwaukee, contributed $28.8 million to its pension plan for the year ended Sept. 30, according to a company report issued earlier this monthThe company contributed $39....
RiskMetrics lengthens CEO evaluation period
By Barry B. Burr November 20, 2009RiskMetrics Group’s proxy-voting policies will now consider the long-term relationship between a U.S. company CEO’s total compensation and total shareholder return over a period of at...
Risk managers most worried about financial regulation changes
By Barry B. Burr November 20, 2009Change in financial regulation is the top risk management concern for 2010 of risk management industry leaders, according to a statement issued today by the Professional Risk Managers’...
International Paper under no pressure for contribution
By Gregory Crawford November 20, 2009International Paper Co. officials could “elect” to make a discretionary contribution to IP’s $6.7 billion U.S. pension plans in the next year, even though they have no obligation to ...
Labor Department kills Bush investment-advice rule
By Doug Halonen November 19, 2009The Labor Department has killed a Bush administration rule that would have cleared the way for mutual fund companies to offer direct one-on-one investment advice through their affiliates to defined...
3 sign on with Putnam's DC sales team
By Douglas Appell November 19, 2009Chris Doucet, Alan Dumas and John Leeson joined Putnam Investments' defined contribution sales team, said Edmund F. Murphy, managing director and head of defined contribution.All...
Traders skittish about 'unintended' results of changes
By Gregory Crawford November 19, 2009Unintended consequences of capital markets regulation or legislation are the biggest fears harbored by equity traders at money management firms, a new report from consulting firm TABB Group says....
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