Steven M. Harding, previously assistant director of internal audit at...

Steven M. Harding, previously assistant director of internal audit at the Albany-based New York State Common Retirement Fund, has formed his own consulting firm, Medallion Pension Consulting, to help pension executives identify and manage operational risk and test controls of investment managers against risk objectives of pension funds. Mr. Harding's firm was hired as an outside consultant by Independent Fiduciary Services to help in marketing investment adviser performance. He has not yet been replaced at New York Common.