Babson Capital Adds to Consultant Relations Staff
Springfield -- 10/13/2009 --
Babson Capital Management LLC (“Babson Capital”), an investment management firm based in Springfield and Boston, Mass., and Charlotte, N.C., today announced it has hired Glenn Weiner as part of its consultant relations team.
Mr. Weiner joins David Acampora to help Babson Capital develop and manage relationships with investment consultants. Both report to Paula Ryan, head of Consultant Relations and Marketing for the firm’s Global Business Development Group. Mr. Weiner will be based in Charlotte.
“Glenn’s experience and outstanding leadership add more depth to our consultant relations team. He will be a great resource for the investment consultant community to learn more about Babson Capital and help develop solutions for our mutual clients” said Anthony Sciacca, Managing Director and head of the Global Business Development Group. “Babson Capital is on target to gain more than $7.5 billion in new assets this year across nearly all of our investment strategies, and one key to that growth has been the earned confidence of an increasing number of investment consultants.”
Mr. Weiner has 13 years of investment industry experience, principally in various aspects of institutional investment consulting and marketing. He joins the firm from Capital Guardian Trust Co., where he was vice president and consultant relations manager. Prior to that, he had been a consultant relations manager and assistant global equity product manager with Wellington Management Co., and previously held analyst and research roles with Barra RogersCasey. Mr. Weiner holds a B.S. in Business Administration (Finance) from Bryant University and earned his CFA in 2003. He is an active member of the Atlanta CFA Society and Southern Employee Benefits Conference (SEBC).
About Babson Capital Management LLC
Babson Capital Management LLC and its subsidiaries manage $117.8 billion as of December 31, 2009, for institutional investors in the U.S. and abroad. Through proprietary research and analysis and a focus on investment fundamentals, we develop products and strategies that leverage our broad array of expertise in fixed income, equities, alternative, structured products, and debt financing for corporations and commercial real estate. Based in Boston and Springfield, Mass., and Charlotte, N.C., the firm has six additional U.S. sales offices, one in Sydney, and has subsidiaries in London and Tokyo. Babson Capital is a member of the MassMutual Financial Group.