Leonardo A. Vila has assumed portfolio management responsibilities on...

Leonardo A. Vila has assumed portfolio management responsibilities on the team managing Federated Investors’s $650 million International Small Company Fund. He joins team members Henry A. Frantzen and Drew Collins. Mr. Vila had been doing investment analysis for the fund since 1996. He replaces Tracy Stouffer, who left the firm. Federated is looking for an analyst to replace Mr. Vila, said a Federated spokesman.