Cohen & Steers names Jeffrey Palma head of multi-asset solutions

Joins from State Street Global Advisors

Cohen & Steers has hired Jeffrey Palma to the newly created role of head of multi-asset solutions, responsible for leading the firm’s asset allocation teams, strategies and macroeconomic research.

Palma, who will also assume the position of senior vice president, joins from State Street Global Advisors, where he was a managing director and head of public investments for SSGA's outsourced CIO platform, overseeing teams responsible for investment strategy, portfolio construction, manager research, tactical market positioning and portfolio implementation. Prior to that, Palma was the head of tactical asset allocation for GE Pension Trust, portfolio manager for GE Institutional Strategic Investment fund, and chief market strategist at GE Asset Management when it was acquired by SSGA i...