A Northwestern 457 deferred compensation plan retained its third-party administrators.
The plan concluded its consultant search after a due diligence team report last week.
He will further scale the Chicago-based firm’s investment platform and launch new value-creation strategies across Slate’s business.
Hires stem from a newly adopted asset allocation.
The $5.2 billion transaction is expected to close by the end of the year or early next year.
He focuses on growing Lakemore’s investment platform globally from its recently established U.S. office in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The plan rehired its incumbent following a search launched in March.
The new hires include two associates, a controller and a fund accountant.
A pension fund in the South concluded its consultant-led search.
The plan will issue its general investment consultant RFP next year after initially expecting to conduct the search this year.