General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> August 21, 2012

Utilizing Increasingly Alternative Asset Classes in a Slower-Growth Macro Environment

Teichner, Mark
Mark Teichner is a Senior Vice President, the Director of Research and the Chief Investment Officer at Reliance Trust. He oversees Reliance Trust’s equity and fixed income strategies, portfolio management, product development and the delivery of investment services across multiple business lines, while also managing numerous account relationships. Mr. Teichner has more than 25 years of investment experience. He joined Reliance Trust in 1997. He previously worked for Regions Financial Corporation as a Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst, managing trust, employee benefit and charitable accounts. He also worked for AmSouth Bancorporation as an Equity Research and M&A Analyst. Mr. Teichner has extensive experience as an Investment Adviser at the institutional and retail level with Nuveen and Drexel Burnham Lambert. He has a master’s degree in corporate finance from Georgia State University and a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Florida, with a concentration in investments. He also worked at the Economic Forecasting Center with Economist Donald Ratajczak. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief introduction to Reliance Trust, including a bit about the firm’s history, its total assets under management, an overview of the services it offers