Tellus brings in Halpern

Philip Halpern joined Tellus Asset Management, the natural resources group of Cole Partners Asset Management, as CIO, said Lynn Sieben, client relations manager and vice president at Cole. It’s a new position. Mr. Halpern will remain on the advisory board of the $120 million Tellus Natural Resources Fund; he had been an independent consultant for high-net-worth individuals. He was vice president and CIO of the $6.1 billion University of Chicago endowment from 1998 to 2004.