Products October 4, 2010

Former Mercer Professionals Form New Investment Consulting Group

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former Mercer outsourcing principals Peter Gosselin, Shawn Charles, and Julie Doran have formed Gosselin Consulting Group LLC, an independent, full-service institutional investment consulting firm.
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Gosselin Consulting Group, located in Braintree, Massachusetts, provides customized co-fiduciary investment consulting services to retirement plan sponsors. The firm is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a Registered Investment Adviser.  

According to a press release, the founders of Gosselin Consulting Group all have significant industry experience working for both asset management organizations as well as retirement plan recordkeepers. In addition to its work with retirement plan sponsors, Gosselin Consulting Group will work directly with investment management organization clients on strategic consulting projects.  

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“Our mission is to provide prudent guidance, advice, education, and investment support to our clients, many of whom are charged with executing the fiduciary oversight of their investment programs,” said Gosselin, in the announcement.   

The company’s Web site is http://www.gosselinconsultinggroup.com.
Deals and People October 4, 2010

State Street Appoints Deputy Head of e-Exchange Biz

October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Corporation announced that Samuel (Sam) Cole will join the company next month as executive vice president and deputy head of State Street’s e-Exchange business.
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State Street’s e-Exchange business is a division of State Street Global Markets which provides advanced trading solutions for a variety of markets including foreign exchange, swaps, U.S. treasuries, and exchange-traded derivatives, among others.  Cole will be responsible for product, technology, and operational activities across the e-Exchange portfolio. He will also be responsible for the coordination of all State Street Global Markets activities locally.   

Cole will be based in New York and, will report to Clifford Lewis, executive vice president and head of State Street’s e-Exchange business, and will join the State Street Global Markets Executive Management Group.  

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According to the announcement, Cole joins State Street from BlueMountain Solutions, Inc., a risk and analytics service provider, where he served as president. He also served as the chief operating officer, co-head of trading, and a managing principal at the parent company, BlueMountain, an alternative asset manager focused on the broader credit and derivatives markets. Prior to joining BlueMountain, Cole was a senior consultant for McKinsey & Co. and has also worked as a private equity and defense analyst.   

Cole earned an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, a Master of Arts from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Government from Harvard University.

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