United Auto Workers, Local 259, New York, hired Conseco Capital to...

United Auto Workers, Local 259, New York, hired Conseco Capital to manage a $7 million domestic core bond portfolio and Sanford C. Bernstein to run $5 million in U.S. value equities. The funding came from balanced portfolio manager Amivest, which was terminated because of performance problems, said fund consultant Fred Harrall of Segal Advisors. Mr. Harrall added the move also was made to add more specialized management for the $41 million Taft-Hartley fund. Officials at Amivest declined to comment on the termination.