Mesirow Advanced Strategies, Inc. Hires Greg Fedorinchik
Launches global Investor Solutions team to help drive innovation for clients

CHICAGO, July 16, 2008 — Mesirow Advanced Strategies, Inc. (MAS) today announced that Greg Fedorinchik, CFA, has joined the firm as the Global Head of Investor Solutions. Based in Chicago, Greg will focus on developing and delivering market-leading investment solutions and constructing customized portfolios of external managers to meet specific client needs.

As one of the largest alternative asset managers in the world, MAS caters to some of the world's most sophisticated institutional and private investors. "We continue to build out our suite of offerings with a focus on innovative, outcome-oriented solutions for our clients, and we are pleased to have someone with Greg's talent and background joining the MAS team in this capacity," said Marty Kaplan, CEO of Mesirow Advanced Strategies, Inc. "Continual improvement, refinement and innovation of the offerings we deliver to our clients is an important priority as our industry develops and matures. I will be looking to Greg to lead and build this initiative with the goal of helping us meet and exceed client expectations in the various segments across which we operate globally."

Over his career, Greg has specialized in the development, implementation and management of global investment strategies, including innovative global multi-asset strategies, customized risk management, asset liability management and client education programs. Before joining MAS Greg was an executive director with UBS Global Asset Management (formerly Brinson Partners), where he spent the last 13 years, most recently as a senior strategist in its Global Investment Solutions group. While with his predecessor firm, Greg held a variety of roles in investment management and research, client service, operations and marketing. Greg brings a total of 15 years of global financial industry experience delivering successful investment programs to institutional and high-net-worth investors spanning all asset classes.

Mesirow Advanced Strategies, Inc. is one of the largest alternative asset managers in the world with more than $16 billion in assets under management. Its parent company, Mesirow Financial, is a major independent financial services firm offering Investment Management, Investment Services, Insurance Services, Investment Banking, Consulting and Real Estate. The firm has more than $31 billion in assets under management and 1,100 employees in locations across the country and in the United Kingdom. For more information about Mesirow Financial, visit its Web site at www.mesirowfinancial.com.

For more information, contact: Katie Schimmel, Mesirow Financial, 312.595.6684.

 

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