Tag: Investment Managers

Alternative Investment Group has appointed Joel Gantcher as managing director, head of manager research, and Samuel Sussman as managing director, head of investment strategy. 

Sixty-three percent of investment managers surveyed by SEI at its annual CFO Forum for Alternative Investment Managers are optimistic about their firm’s prospects over the next three years. 

Transamerica Retirement Services has expanded the core investment platform offered to company-sponsored retirement plans with the addition of 38 stock and bond investment choices.

A McKinsey analysis of the asset management industry shows that growth has been more difficult to achieve than profitability, with only one in five asset managers sustaining above-average...

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America named Carsten Quitter as its new chief investment officer.

The current selling process has shifted beyond the “gatekeeper” role for advisers, to one where the adviser or consultant is much more involved in the investment menu design...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has introduced a new design for the core menu line-up in defined contribution plans, called Core Menu Innovation (CMI).

Rogerscasey has hired Peter Gerlings as Managing Director, Investment Solutions.

Fidelity Asset Management has announced leadership appointments within its Fixed Income Division, which includes the company’s Bond Group and Money Market Group.

The institutional defined contribution (DC) market is out of reach for most mutual fund managers; therefore, the focus of many DCIO sales efforts is the retail market, concludes...

Merlin Securities announced that Rick Bensignor, a former Morgan Stanley strategist and behavioral economist, has joined the firm as Chief Market Strategist.

Towers Watson named Michael Popkin co-head of insurance-linked securities (ILS) for Towers Watson Capital Markets (TWCM), the company’s U.S.-based broker/dealer.

David A. Hunt has been named Chief Executive Officer of Prudential Investment Management.

Mid Atlantic Trust Company (MATC) is offering reduced pricing for its ModelxChange service.   

Windham Capital Management has established a relationship with Apostle Asset Management of Sydney, Australia. 

MSCI’s 2011 Global Asset Owners Survey, “Back to the Future of Risk Management,” found 80% of institutional investors are currently using stress tests. 

The four funds in the Vanguard LifeStrategy series, which currently feature a mix of passively and actively managed funds, will adopt an all-index approach.

More than three quarters (79%) of investment managers surveyed in the latest Russell Investments Investment Manager Outlook (IMO) survey say they do not believe the U.S. economy is...

Craig A. DeGiacomo has been named Vice President of Institutional Sales and Consultant Relations at Pioneer Investments.

Greenwich Associates selected John C. Siciliano for the role of Senior Advisor to the firm’s Investment Management Practice, led by Managing Director Robert Statius-Muller.