Commonfund, an institutional investment manager for endowments and foundations, pension funds and other investors, has appointed David Belmont as chief risk officer of Commonfund Group. He also will serve as a member of the Commonfund investment policy and asset allocation committee, and will have risk management oversight of all Commonfund investment programs.

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