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Deals & People December 2, 2010
Russell Hires Managing Director of Investment Strategy
Russell Investments has hired Cynthia Steer as managing director, investment strategy.
Reported by Rebecca Moore
Steer will be responsible for advising North American consulting relationships, driving consulting thought leadership on global investing topics, and providing market insights on complex investment issues, according to a press release. She has experience researching and advising investors on asset allocation deployment across the capital markets spectrum, with emphasis in fixed income, currency, emerging and frontier markets.
Most recently, Steer served as chief research strategist and managing director, beta research at Rogerscasey. Previously, she was chief investment officer at SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company, Inc. in New York and the outsourced chief investment officer and independent consultant for Hartford, Connecticut.
The announcement said Steer has also served as chief investment officer and vice president of investments at Phillip Morris Companies, Inc. and chief investment officer, director of investments and chairman, U.K. Pensions Trust at United Technologies Corporation.