Town of West Warwick (R.I.) Pension Plan hired Vontobel Asset...

Town of West Warwick (R.I.) Pension Plan hired Vontobel Asset Management to run $7 million in active domestic large-cap value equities, said Peter H. Newell, a Vontobel managing director. Funding came from a portfolio run by Columbia Asset Management; further details were not available. Michael E. Goss, vice president at consultant UBS Financial Services, and Charles Salmans, Columbia spokesman, declined to comment.