Established Managed Investment Solutions Team Joins Westwood Holdings Group - Seite 2

“This expansion brings to Westwood an ability to diversify our product offerings, broaden our client base and enhance our revenue streams,” said Fabian Gomez, Westwood Holdings Group President. “We believe the current market conditions are highly conducive to the introduction of our Managed Investment Solutions capability and our new team members are pivotal to realizing our ambitions in this regard.”

“This expansion represents a notable entry into a substantial market segment, where there is a strong demand for a solutions business that seamlessly complements our existing investment capabilities,” added Brian Casey. “I believe this investment signals to the market, our shareholders and employees that we are committed to pursuing thoughtful strategic initiatives to improve our business and return to a growth trajectory.”  

Meet the New Westwood Managed Investment Solutions Team

Greg Behar is a Senior Investment Leader with over 20 years of institutional investment experience in building global teams, existing and new business lines, and new global investment strategies. Greg most recently served as LGIMA’s head of index investment strategy and was responsible for providing investment thought leadership to investors and developing comprehensive investment solutions and insights across the spectrum of index strategies. Prior to joining LGIMA, Greg was a senior vice president and head of global equity investment strategy at Northern Trust Asset Management. Prior to joining Northern Trust, Greg was a portfolio specialist for the active quantitative equity strategies at Deutsche Asset Management. Greg holds a BA in Economics from Binghamton University and serves on various index advisory panels.

Drew Miyawaki has over 20 years of U.S. and international experience on both the buy and sell sides. Drew has held head of equity trading roles at numerous firms, most recently at Chicago-based LGIMA, with a focus on improving client outcomes across a diverse universe of global indices. Drew relocated to the U.S. from London to globalize the trading function and help build LGIM’s U.S.-based index business. Prior to working at LGIM in London, Drew held sell side positions at Knight Capital, Liquidnet and Jefferies, with a focus on portfolio, algorithmic and electronic trading and transaction cost analysis. He holds a BSc in Behavioral Science from Drew University.