Dallas-based investment firm Highland Capital Management LP has named Casey Herren to the newly created post of director. Herren will help manage relationships with institutional investors, including public and corporate pension plans, endowments and foundations and wealth management firms, the firm said. He will be based in Dallas. Prior to joining Highland, Herren served as director at Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, a Houston-based asset manager.

Highland Capital Management has promoted Patrick Boyce and Lane Brittain to partner. Boyce is the firm’s COO and CFO, while Brittain is a portfolio manager and co-head of research.

Clay Shumway has joined Dallas-based Highland Capital Management as a director of business development. He previously was VP of business development and investor relations for Newcastle Capital Management.

WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – Creditors to CCS Medical are hoping to reach agreement to bring the medical equipment supplier out of bankruptcy after a court rejected a plan backed by Highland Capital Management, a source said on Wednesday. The plan to transfer the company’s ownership to creditors led by hedge funds of Highland Capital was [...]