Columbia Management's president jumps to Fidelity

Columbia Management's president jumps to Fidelity
Mike Jones will take over as CEO of fund giant's institutional-investments arm.
MAR 08, 2012
By  Bloomberg
Mike Jones, president of U.S. asset management at Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, has left the firm to become the chief executive of Pyramis Global Advisors, the institutional investment arm at Fidelity Investments. A replacement was not immediately named. “We appreciate Mike's many years of service to the organization and wish him well. We have a strong, experienced leadership team in place that will share his responsibilities,” said Ryan Lund, spokesman for Columbia. Mr. Jones was the head of the Columbia Management before it was acquired by Ameriprise Financial Inc. from Bank of America Corp. for $1 billion in April 2010. He was named president after the purchase. William Truscott, head of Ameriprise’s own mutual fund family, which was merged into the Columbia funds, was named CEO. “Anytime you lose someone that high up, it’s a loss,” said David Kathman, a mutual fund analyst at Morningstar Inc. Columbia’s focus is still on integrating Ameriprise’s funds into the Columbia funds lineup, and it seems to be going “pretty smoothly,” said Mr. Kathman. “It’s just a matter of making sure the methods across the whole family are consistent,” he said. The integration comprised 71 mutual fund mergers last year. Columbia has approximately $162 billion in mutual fund assets, making it the seventh-largest mutual fund family, according to Morningstar. Mr. Jones will replace Kevin Uebelein as CEO at Pyramis. “Mike has a tremendous track record of leadership in the institutional marketplace,” said Vin Loporchio, spokesman for Fidelity. “The needs of institutional investors are growing increasingly complex. The change will enhance Pyramis’ ability to provide superior solutions that deliver compelling risk-adjusted returns,” he said. Mr. Uebelein will remain with the firm in the newly created position of global head of delivery solutions.

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