Tag: Investment Managers

Travis Pruit has joined Mercer as a principal in its Investments business in Portland, Oregon.

Sean Taylor has joined Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management (DeAWM) as head of Emerging Market Equities.

Institutional investment data and analytics provider eVestment has launched a attribution platform for its eVestment Analytics service.

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is aligning its leadership in both active and passive strategies with client challenges.

Enhanced resources on the website of Prime Advisors Inc. include portfolio access, assets under management, market updates, recent company events, industry presentations and publications.

Investment managers grew more optimistic about the U.S. economy in the first quarter of 2013, according to a survey from Northern Trust.

The Mariner Incubation Fund will be managed by Eric Pellicciaro, who joined Mariner Investment Group from BlackRock.

Arnerich Massena Inc. is rolling out a custom fiduciary education program for investment committee members of endowments and foundations.

Market Vectors ETF Trust released a new exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Treasury-Hedged High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE: THHY). 

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged two investment advisers at Oppenheimer & Co. with misleading investors about the valuation policies and performance of a fund.

Target Date Fund Analytics (TDF Analytics) was released by Markov Processes International (MPI) for plan sponsors, their advisers and for providers of an increasingly used product.

Together with CMG Capital Management Group, Jefferson National has launched three new tactically managed model portfolios.

Institutional investors should have one eye on the opportunities from an economic recovery, and the other on managing the substantial risks that remain, says Mercer.

Mutual fund trustees may display favoritism toward funds from their own firms, said researchers at Indiana University at Bloomington.

A strategic partnership between Fortigent LLC and Central Park Group LLC will provide an alternative investments platform for registered investment advisers.

Concern over market volatility remains on high alert, and returns are expected to dip, according to research by Casey Quirk and eVestment.

Asset managers are developing new products to address market volatility and income demand in the wake of record-breaking fixed-income flows.

Institutional Investors are entrusting a smaller portion of assets to leading broad managers, according to a report released by Cogent Research.

Despite worries over budget gridlock and the impending deadline of the fiscal cliff, institutional investment managers surveyed were mostly staying the course.

Mesirow Financial rolled out a series of model portfolios on the Mid Atlantic Trust Company (MATC) ModelxChange platform.