Michael Giardina

The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking the Town of West Warwick, R.I. to fork over documents relating to its pension board’s previous actions.

Perkins Investment Management has hired Ron Zia, an institutional investment consultant with nearly 20 years under his belt, to be a new client portfolio manager at the Janus Capital Group subsidiary.

Fortress Investment Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire nearly 80% of American International Group's subsidiary American General Finance.

AXA Investment Management has nabbed former Mercer Global CIO Tim Gardener to head global consultant relations.

Following a June swoon dive, U.S. pension plan funded statuses proved to replete some of their diminished assets thanks to a rising equity market, which returned nearly 7% last month, a new study claims.

After three months of an active industry search, Grubb & Ellis has opted to name Michael Rispoli, the current CFO of its investment subsidiary, as the new lead financial officer and executive VP for the real estate services investment firm.

BNY Mellon Asset Management has tapped Curtis Arledge, the former CIO of fixed-income at BlackRock, to take the helm and lead its business on a permanent basis.

Morgan Joseph, a New York City headquartered full service investment bank, has added four new managing directors to its institutional equity marketing group.

Rockefeller Financial, a wealth and investment management services firm, has named Reuben Jeffery III as its new CEO, this according to an announcement yesterday.

Over the past three months, BNY Mellon Asset Management has lost two executives to outside opportunities. The most recent departure is its Co-Interim Head Jon Little.

In the newly created position, Fay, previously head of value equities, will be responsible for overseeing the functions of the growth and value investment services teams.

Evercore Partners announced today that it has begun to roll out a new equities research group that will focus on telecommunications, media and technology and financial industries.

PIMCO has hired seven-year Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) veteran Maria (Masha) Gordon to help lead its emerging markets strategy team in London.

Comerica Bank has asked Dennis Johnson, a 30-year industry veteran, to assist in developing investment strategies for its asset management division.

International investment managers from across the spectrum have cast a dark shadow on the prospective effects for inflation and commercial real estate, but they are optimistic toward gains in currency and the U.S. and Asian equity markets, however.

Deal catapults firm from 31st to eighth-largest long-term asset management firm.