Mark Seferovich, the head of Waddell & Reed's small-cap equity team, will retire in September after 18 years of service
Michelle Keeley, executive v.p., Minneapolis Equities and Fixed Income, a unit of RiverSource Institutional Advisors, plans to leave the firm when Ameriprise Financial, the parent company of RiverSource Investments, acquires Bank of America’s asset management arm, Columbia Management.
David Antonelli, cio of non-U.S. investments and co-director of global research, will take on the additional role of portfolio manager of the international large-cap growth equity strategy at MFS Investment Management.
Bob Jacksha, interim state investment officer of the New Mexico State Investment Council, will return to the cio role at the $8 billion New Mexico Education Retirement Board.
Marketing veteran Rachel Minard has left Cogo Wolf Asset Management. She joined the fund of hedge funds shop two years ago as president, but decided to leave to pursue other opportunities.
Janus Capital Group is in the market for a new head of its international institutional group in the wake of Executive V.P. Daniel Charles’ departure.
Jack Pierce has been tapped as a principal for Robeco Investment Management
The $7.6 million Orange County Employees Retirement System will discuss adding an assistant ceo to its investment team at its meeting today.
Robert Day, founder and chairman of TCW, resigned from the board of Société Générale effective Dec. 31.
John Chisholm has become sole chief investment officer of Acadian Asset Management after Ronald Frashure, president and ceo, said he will give up his role as co-cio he once shared with Chisholm.
Greg Hartley, co-owner, portfolio manager and research analyst at Kalmar Investments, has left the firm. Hartley joined Kalmar in 1993 and became partial owner in 2000.
Jeffrey Gundlach and other employees of DoubleLine Capital LP are countersuing TCW in the Superior Court of the State of California in the County of Los Angeles, Central District.
David Long, executive director of the $1.9 billion Houston Municipal Employees Retirement System, will retire from his post on Feb. 28.
Former RWD Executive Search executives have launched NFS Consulting Group, a new Westport, Conn-based executive search firm that will handle private equity searches in addition to other investment management positions.
Richard Hibbs has joined Kennedy Capital Management as managing director of sales and marketing.
CIO Gary Bruebaker oversees $70 billion for 39 different pensions, with $50 billion being defined benefit for the Washington State Investment Board, so he prefers a gradual approach to change.
Allan Toole, former portfolio manager at TCW and head of Portfolio Analytics Group, has joined DoubleLine Capital as chief risk officer and head of product development.
Shaun Levesque, head of institutional sales at Schroder Investment Management, has assumed the responsibilities of the head of institutional distribution after the recent departure of Dean Allen.
The ad hoc committee of the $1.2 billion Marin County Employees Retirement System has recommended Alliance Resource Consulting as the executive search firm for the search for a new Retirement Administrator.
Russell Kuhns, chairman and founder of R.V. Kuhns & Associates, plans to retire June 30, 2010.
Francis “Frank” Maher has been elected to the board of the $2.7 billion Houston Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund.
William Clark, the outgoing director of investments for the $68 billion New Jersey Division of Investment, has been tapped as the cio of the $10 billion Federal Reserve System's Office of Employee Benefits, as first reported by MML Daily on Jan. 28.
Neil Johnson has been tapped as head of sales for Sustainable Asset Management USA’s North American operations.
John Hume has joined Marco Consulting Grouping in the firm’s Boston office, leaving his role of principal at Mercer.
George Yepes, managing director in North American Distribution for fund of hedge funds manager Gottex Fund Management, has left the firm, according to a client letter.
DoubleLine Capital has named Bonnie Baha portfolio manager and head of global developed credit.
Bill Finelli has assumed the role of global chief operating officer of BlackRock Realty, BlackRock’s real estate arm, replacing Ron Zuzack, who plans to retire Feb. 1.
Anne Popkin, principal and co-head of North America and Australian Business Development at BlueCrest Capital Management, has left the firm.
John Adams, cio at Munder Capital Management, has left the firm and has been replaced by Tony Dong, former vice chairman and head of mid-cap equity. Geoff Wilson, senior portfolio manager, will become co-cio and help oversee the management of day-to-day investment activities.
Wendy Forsythe, senior v.p., pension services for the $43.2 billion Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, has been promoted to president of OMERS Investment Management.
Tucson City Manager Mike Letcher has appointed Kelly Gottschalk as the director of the Finance Department, making her the new finance director and chief financial officer of the $700 million Tucson Supplemental Retirement System.
Texas Governor Rick Perry has appointed Ben Gorzell as the new chairman for the $14.8 billion Texas Municipal Retirement System, replacing Carolyn Liner, whose term as chair expired at the end of the year.
Carl Hess, previously global practice director of Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting, has been appointed global director of Towers Watson Investment, the investment consulting and administration arm of the newly combined Towers Watson & Co.
Claire Shaughnessy, managing director of consulting at Rogerscasey, has joined Hewitt Associates in Connecticut as a senior investment consultant.
The $1.2 billion Marin County Employees Retirement Association plans to hire an executive search firm in January to help with the search for a retirement administrator.
Robeco Investment Management will hire two institutional sales professionals in the first quarter.
The board of the $888 million Tacoma City Employees Retirement System approved a motion to appoint Monica Butler as retirement director, pending city council approval on Dec. 15.
Carolyn Burke has joined Mesirow Advanced Strategies, the fund of hedge funds subsidiary of Mesirow Financial, as chief financial officer.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has named Roberta Goss, Rachel Golder, and Rob Cignarella as the new co-heads for the high-yield and bank loan team.
Iliana Nikolova, a v.p. in the Client Advisory Group at FrontPoint Partners—the hedge fund subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investment Management—has moved to a similar role at Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, The Blackstone Group’s fund of funds arm.
Seyi Bucknor has joined GE Asset Management in Stamford, Conn., where he is responsible for manager research and oversight of the firm’s external long-only asset managers.
Rockefeller & Company has hired Russell Reynolds Associates to begin a search for a new ceo, replacing Jim McDonald, who passed away in September.
Jim Hacking, administrator of the $5.3 billion Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System, is planning to resign from his position at the fund in August, when his five-year term expires.
David Lucey, managing director at Pyramis Real Estate Group, the real estate arm of Pyramis Global Advisors, has left the firm due to personal reasons.
The board of administration of the $4.3 billion San Diego City Employees Retirement System has named Mark Hovey as its interim ceo, effective Dec. 1.
Lebanese American University has hired David Grosner from Hewitt Associates as its senior investment officer.
Lyxor Asset Management has hired Michael Bernstein to spearhead marketing funds of hedge funds to U.S.-based institutional investors and consultants.
Tim Ross, a member of the $888 million Tacoma (Wash.) City Employees Retirement Board has announced his resignation, effective immediately.
The $5.7 billion Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System has tapped Bradley Tillberg as its new cio.
Invesco is actively looking to double its consultant relations staff to six. Bill Hensel, spokesman, said that Invesco is making strategic additions to its staff in order to better align itself with the consultant community.
The $5 billion New Hampshire Retirement System has tapped Lawrence Johansen as its next director of investments, according to a posting on the fund’s Web site.
Frederich Lieblich, managing director at BlackRock, Inc. and global cio of BlackRock Realty, BlackRock’s real estate arm, is planning to retire effective March 31.
David Levi has left AllianceBernstein Investments to become head of Nuveen Investments’ Global Business Development team, working with institutional and retail investors.
Ned Shadek, co-manager of Putnam Investments’ small-cap value strategy, has left after a decade of managing the strategy.
Sekou Kaalund will be named managing director of the U.S. and Canadian pension sales for custodial bank J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services effective later this month, overseeing pensions, endowments and foundations.
Boston-based Westfield Capital Management Co. has hired Matthew Coll as a v.p. in marketing and client service.
The board of the $1.6 billion Fairfax County (Va.) Educational Employees Supplementary Retirement System has tapped Deputy Executive Director Jeanne Carr to become its new executive director and cio.
Michael Carter, vice chair for the $11 billion Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions, has resigned from the board.