William Ledward, senior v.p. and portfolio manager for emerging market debt strategies at Franklin Templeton Investments, died on April 4.

A West Coast city has issued an investment consultant RFP.

There will be a lot of red numbers in upcoming quarterly investment reports for institutional investors. But for managers boasting (relatively) strong returns, how to spread the word at a time that many investors are dealing with not only declining assets but other immediate stresses in the portfolio and the workplace has become a quandary.

A Mid-Atlantic pension plan will conduct a search for its executive director and cio position over the next year.