Industry News

A roundup of stories from the institutional investment universe.

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Morgan Stanley Targets Smaller Institutions With Long/Short FoF
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has launched a global long/short fund-of-funds for smaller
02.06.08
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MacKay Shields Launches 130/30 High-Yield Fund
MacKay Shields has launched a 130/30 high-yield fund, the firm announced. The MainStay 130/30 High
02.06.08
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CalPERS Senior Investment Officer Names Capital Z CEO
Christianna Wood, senior investment officer of global equity at the California Public Employees
02.06.08
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Putnam North American Inst’l Business Head To Retire
Sandra Whiston, senior managing director and head of Putnam Investments’ North American
02.06.08
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FAMCO Adds Inst’l Marketing Dir.
John Gibas has been named institutional marketing director at Fiduciary Asset Management, parent
02.06.08
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F&E’s Post Positive Yearly Gains, Negative Fourth Quarter Gains
A difficult fourth quarter left median 2007 returns for public and corporate pension funds at 8.5%
02.06.08
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Russell Names Global CIO
Peter Gunning has been named global cio and managing director of multi-manager investments at
02.06.08
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Arizona Public Safety Names CIO
The $7.3 billion Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System has named Robert Brown as cio,
01.09.08
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Ohio School Plan Promotes Staff
The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio made several promotions within its investment staff.
01.09.08
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Kentucky Hires Executive Director
Mike Burnside has been named the new executive director at the Kentucky Retirement Systems.
01.09.08