At least a dozen investment portfolio managers for
The performance history of the fired managers played a key role in who went, Kain said. A desire to "increase efficiency" within the investment management firm also factored into the terminations, she said. The dismissals were not related to any one investment product sector or to investigations by regulators, she said, adding that the terminations were in the works prior to the recent arrival of new Morgan Stanley President of Global Services Bill Ennis.
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Among the managers let go were Jeff New, who managed $2 billion at the firms Van Kampen unit along with two of his reports, Michael Davis and Sean Conner, Kain went on record as saying. No additional terminations have been scheduled, she said.
