Erin Callan, former Lehman Brothers CFO, is reported to join Credit Suisse Group as its new head of global hedge fund operations...more...

Richard Marin, the ex-Chairman and Chief Executive of Bear Stearns Asset Management, which housed the two mortgage hedge funds that collapsed last year, has launched a New York-based advisory firm, PointWalk Solutions Network...more...

Last Thursday, Facebook officials announced the resignation of product management vide president Matt Cohler...more...

CalPERS CIO Russell Read will step down June 30 “to pursue his longstanding interest in environmental and clean-tech investing...more...

In response to recent pension regulations and the tremendous shift from defined benefit to defined contribution retirement plans, Northern Trust is focusing resources on this rapidly growing market segment...more...

New England Pensions Consultants LLC (NEPC) announced that Erik Knutzen, CFA will be joining the firm as its first Chief Investment Officer.  Erik will act as a key investment strategist for the firm and will oversee all research at NEPC...more...

Atlantis Investment Management, the independent Asian equity specialist, today announced the addition of two analysts and a business manager to its India team, according to a press release from the firm...more...

SEI (NASDAQ:SEIC), a leading global provider of outsourced asset management, investment processing and investment operations solutions, announced today that it has expanded its UK Financial Advisory team with the appointment of Tony Walters as Regional Sales Director...more...

Timothy M. McDonough, will be joining NEPC on March 24, 2008 as a Consultant specializing in defined contribution plans...more...

Strategic Global Advisors (“SGA”) has announced the hiring of Mark Wimer, CFA, to join its portfolio management team and contribute to the firm’s quantitative investment and research process...more...

New England Pension Consultants (NEPC) announced in its monthly update the recent promotions...more...

Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced Thursday January 31, 2008 that he named Raudline Etienne as Chief Investment Officer for the $154 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund...more...

Global executive search and assessment firm Russell Reynolds Associates today announced that it has appointed Kurt Harrison as a Managing Director in its Financial Services sector, further expanding its senior leadership in this significant division...more...

Investec Asset Management, an independently managed subsidiary of Investec Group, announced this week a major expansion of its European business with the appointment of several new team members...more...

Global executive search and assessment firm Russell Reynolds Associates announced that Jim Houston and Cornelia Kiley have been named Co-Leaders of the Asset and Wealth Management Practice in the Americas. Both consultants are based in New York...more...

Douglas E. Stark has joined Dallas-based Hillcrest Asset Management as Managing Director of Portfolio Management and Research...more...

According to New England Pension Consultant’s (NEPC) monthly update statement, the firm has hired Edward O’Donnell on January 2^nd as a consultant. O’Donnell was previously employed as Vice President at Wellington Management Company...more...

New England Pension Consultants (NEPC) hired Kevin Leonard as a Senior Consultant for their employee owned, full service investment consulting firm...more...

Investec Asset Management announced that Managing Director for Mutual Funds in the Americas, Richard Garland, will be now become the Managing Director of International Distribution...more...

Santa Ana, California-based Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS) elected Steve J. Delaney as its new Chief Executive Officer. He will begin work in his new position January 2, 2008...more...

Dr. Damon F. Asbury announced on November 5^th, that he would retire as Executive Director of the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) of Ohio at the end of his contract in June 2008...more...

Proctor Investment Managers LLC (Proctor) is a New York City-based strategic private equity investor in investment management firms. On October 16^th, Proctor announced Mona Aboelnaga Kanaan, in addition to being president of Proctor, will now operate as Chief Executive Officer...more...

Michael Coiley will join RAM Capital Resources of NYC as Managing Director of its secured lending fund... more...

Vista Ventures has added Lisa Reeves as a general partner to the Boulder, Colorado-based venture capital firm. Reeves, formerly Senior Vice President of SAP Ventures for SAP AG, joins with 14 years experience in the technology industry and six years in the venture industry... more...

Terren Magid was recently named Executive Director of Indiana’s Public Employees’ Retirement Fund (PERF)....more...

Dr. Mark A. Pearl, a private investor, entrepreneur and physician, has joined the Advisory Board of PerTrac Financial Solutions, a software developer for investment professionals... more...

When Andrew Sawyer took on the role of Chief Investment Officer for Maine State Retirement System, he was literally stepping into familiar territory... more...