Toronto-based Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Tuesday announced that Eric Hasenauer has joined the firm as senior vice president and head of U.S. institutional sales.
Having just opened a U.S.-based office for Connor Clark & Lunn (USA) in New York, Hasenauer reports to Warren Stoddart, co-CEO for CC&L Financial Group.
Hasenauer will be responsible for developing distribution of CC&L Financial Group’s institutional asset management services in the United States. He has hired Gary Simonette as vice president of institutional sales as part of the planned growth initiative for the firm in the U.S. marketplace. Hasenauer and Simonette worked together at Aviva Investors until May of this year.
Hasenauer most recently served as Managing Director and Head of Institutional Sales at Aviva Investors North America, where he was responsible for direct sales and client service to the institutional marketplace in the U.S. and Canada. Prior to that, he led the sub-advisory business for Credit Suisse Asset Management in the Americas.
He graduated with a B.A. from Williams College and an M.B.A in finance from Fordham University.
CC&L Financial Group is the largest independent and privately owned asset manager in Canada. Its affiliate investment managers collectively manage over $46 billion in assets.