Omers names Asia high-flyer as global equity head in reorg

Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System (Omers) has named Kannan Venkataramani as head of global equities, as the Canadian fund moves to reorganise, ramp up and internationalise its capital markets capabilities. Venkataramani, who led the buildout of Omers' billion-dollar Asia equity portfolio, will be based in New York and report to Ralph Berg, Omers’s new global head of capital markets, according to an internal memo seen by AsianInvestor.  His role has been newly c…