NISA Investment Advisors added a quantitative equity team in a move that highlights talent shifting from public pension investing into the private sector.
The team made the jump from a pension fund environment and then secured its former boss as a client, giving NISA an immediate commercial win from the hire.
The hire underscores a broader industry pattern in which investment expertise moves between public institutions and private asset managers.
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