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Allianz Global Investors has launched a behavioral finance center, committed to providing financial advisors, investors and plan sponsors with information and resources to help them make better financial decisions. UCLA Professor Shlomo Benartzi, a noted expert in behavioral finance, will spearhead the Center's initiatives, in coordination with Allianz Global Investors executives.

Institutional investors expect trading best execution from their investment managers. But what constitutes trading best execution? What is the best benchmark to gauge trading success? Allianz Global Investors Capital's head trader, Kevin Chapman, shares his insights in "Trading Best Execution: A Framework For Comparison" from A Guide to Global Liquidity II (2010) published by Institutional Investor Journals. Please contact your Allianz Global Investors Capital representative for a reprint. 

Industry peers nominated Clifton Wedington, Vice President- New Business Development, for a "2010 Rising Stars of Public Funds" award sponsored by Money Management Letter, an Institutional Investor publication. Clifton was honored at an awards ceremony February 28, 2010.