South Texas Money Management Names New Co-Chief Investment Officer

SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- South Texas Money Management, Ltd. (STMM) has announced that Leah Bennett, CFA, CIC, has been named Co-Chief Investment Officer of the firm.  Jeanie Wyatt, CFA, who founded the firm 13 years ago, will remain Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer.

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Bennett joined STMM in August of this year as a senior portfolio manager and investment analyst. Since joining the firm, she has worked closely with Christian Ledoux, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager and Director of Equity Research, in overseeing and coordinating the equity research efforts for STMM's team of research analysts.

Bennett has over 20 years of investment experience. Prior to joining STMM, she spent 18 years with King Investment Advisors, Inc. in Houston, where she was a Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, as well as a member of the firm's Investment Advisory Group. Prior to that, she was a research analyst for Capital Research & Management in Los Angeles. Bennett graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Economics, and is a CFA® Charterholder and a Chartered Investment Counselor. 

Bennett was involved with the CFA Research Challenge in its inaugural year in 2006. The challenge is an annual global competition that provides approximately 3500 university students from over 800 universities with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis. 

Bennett was also a Co-founder of the CFA Research Challenge Southwest (Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana). In addition, she was elected as a CFA Presidents Council Representative. In this role, Bennett represents her region, which includes the South Central U.S., Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil, as a liaison to the CFA's Board of Governors (www.cfainstitute.org). She also sits on the CFA Institute's Growth Funding and Presidents Council Governance committees, and holds the role of Research Challenge Liaison. Bennett serves on the M. A. Wright Fund Oversight Board and the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management at Rice University as well. 

Jim Kee, Ph.D., STMM's President and Chief Economist said of Bennett, "There is no substitute for real, time-on-task experience in this business. Seasoned investment professionals who have bought and sold assets through a number of market cycles are absolutely essential for navigating today's investment landscape. Leah possesses those qualities, and we are excited to have her with us."

Jeanie Wyatt, CEO and Chief Investment Officer said, "I am so pleased to have Leah join our firm. Her investment experience, strong background, and proven success in the investment business make her an invaluable asset to our team at STMM and a great addition to our deep bench of investment professionals, which now includes seven CFA^® charterholders, six CFP^® professionals, nine MBAs, one Ph.D., and a J.D. We are committed to 'Helping Individuals, Individually.' Leah's experience working with individual investors helps us accomplish that mission. She will help to lead our team of analysts, traders, and portfolio administrators in San Antonio. We are one of the largest independent investment managers in South Texas."

Wyatt added, "Leah is highly regarded by her peers nationally as evidenced by her roles at the CFA Institute. I am thrilled to have her on board."

About South Texas Money Management:  STMM was founded in 2000 by Jeanie Wyatt, CFA. STMM manages approximately $2 billion in assets (as of 9/30/2013 ), including equity, fixed income, and balanced asset classes, for individuals, trusts, retirement plans, charitable foundations and endowments, as well as for bank trust departments and other institutions. Based in San Antonio, STMM has additional offices in Austin, Houston and Dallas. Additional information may be found at www.stmmltd.com.

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