Columbia Mgmt Hires Pat Ford in Cash Investment Group from BlackRock. On Tuesday,
Columbia Management, which manages $
200 billion in "
cash", will announce the hiring of former
PNC and
BlackRock 20+ year veteran
Patrick Ford as
managing director and senior portfolio manager for Cash Investments. Columbia Head of Cash Investments
Randall Royther says, "
Cash management is a vital and rapidly growing part of Columbia's investment business. Investors -- both institutional and retail -- want to maximize risk-adjusted returns in their cash strategies. Patrick has proven expertise in generating alpha through cash and short-term investments, and we welcome his addition to the team". Ford will "
develop and execute overall portfolio strategy for the cash investments platform, supervise a team of portfolio managers and co-
manage Columbia'
s prime 2a-
7 funds," said a draft of the pending press shared exclusively with
Crane Data.