March 21, 2025 Newswires

Touchstone Investments Appoints Benjamin Alge as President

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Alge succeeds E. Blake Moore Jr., slated to retire mid-year

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Touchstone Investments (“Touchstone”), known for its Distinctively Active^® mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs), today announced that Benjamin Alge, president of Touchstone, will assume leadership of the company following the mid-year retirement of E. Blake Moore Jr., who has served for five years as chief executive officer with more than 30 years in the investment management industry. Alge has worked alongside Moore for the past year to ensure a smooth transition.

During Moore’s five-year tenure, Touchstone’s assets under management grew from $17.4 billion to almost $30 billion. The firm also entered the ETF market, launching 10 actively managed ETFs, and in 2021 completed its acquisition of select assets of AIG Life & Retirement’s Retail Mutual Funds business, with assets of $6.8 billion reorganized and merged into existing or newly created Touchstone funds.

“We are grateful for Blake’s passion, dedication and leadership in guiding Touchstone through a tremendous period of growth,” said John F. Barrett, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Touchstone’s parent company, Western & Southern Financial Group. “Ben has been a key part of the company’s success as well, and the Board and I believe his deep knowledge of our business, industry expertise, and proven track record make him the ideal person to lead Touchstone.”

“I’m privileged to have had the opportunity to lead Touchstone through five years of growth and change,” Moore said. “From new sub-adviser relationships and funds to our expansion into the ETF marketplace, our team lives our Distinctively Active^® brand every day, and that is reflected in our Funds, ETFs, and the way we work with clients.”

“Ben brings nearly two decades of experience within Western & Southern and Touchstone, and he has demonstrated strong leadership qualities and a deep understanding of our clients’ needs. He is a terrific example of homegrown talent and a worthy testament to the outstanding culture within Western & Southern’s family of companies.”

“I am honored to lead Touchstone through its next phase of growth, and I look forward to reinforcing what makes us Distinctively Active^® in an increasingly crowded marketplace,” Alge said. “Having spent my career here, I know how special this team and our offerings are, and we have an excellent foundation to build upon in expanding and innovating our product suite to meet the evolving needs of our clients.”

Prior to his appointment as president, Alge served as the company’s divisional vice president and assistant vice president of product management and investment strategy, where he played a key role in the development and implementation of Touchstone’s practice consulting program.

Prior to joining Touchstone in 2013, Alge completed Western & Southern’s Leadership Development Program, gaining broad experience across the organization and building a deep understanding of the business. He holds a CFA Charter and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.

As of March 20, 2025, Touchstone manages almost $30 billion.

About Touchstone Investments

Touchstone's commitment to being Distinctively Active is what sets us apart. Recognizing that not all fund companies are created equal, we actively apply an integrated and rigorous approach for identifying and partnering with highly-skilled asset managers who act in a sub-advisory capacity. Their expertise, disciplined investment processes and employment of active management provide the differentiation required for robust portfolio construction. Touchstone offers a full breadth of investment options across styles and asset classes, including U.S. equity, international/global equity, income and multi-asset funds. The Touchstone Funds are advised by Touchstone Advisors, Inc., a registered investment adviser, and are distributed nationally through intermediaries including broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, institutions and others by Touchstone Securities, Inc., a registered broker-dealer and member FINRA/SIPC. Touchstone, Touchstone Funds and Touchstone Investments are federal service mark registrations and applications owned by IFS Financial Services, Inc. Touchstone Securities, Inc., Touchstone Advisors, Inc., and IFS Financial Services, Inc., are members of Western & Southern Financial Group. Touchstone ETFs are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC., member of FINRA. For more information, please visit TouchstoneInvestments.com.

About Western & Southern Financial Group

Founded in Cincinnati in 1888 as The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company, Western & Southern Financial Group, Inc., a Fortune 500^® company at No. 284, is the parent company of a group of diversified financial services businesses. Its assets owned ($80.9 billion) and managed ($41.2 billion) totaled $122.1 billion as of Dec. 31, 2024.¹ Western & Southern is one of the strongest life insurance groups in the world. Its seven life insurance subsidiaries (The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company, Western-Southern Life Assurance Company, Columbus Life Insurance Company, Gerber Life Insurance Company,² Integrity Life Insurance Company, The Lafayette Life Insurance Company, and National Integrity Life Insurance Company) maintain very strong financial ratings. Other member companies include Eagle Realty Group, LLC; Fabric by Gerber Life; Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.;³ Gerber Life Agency;⁴ IFS Financial Services, Inc.; Touchstone Advisors, Inc.;³ Touchstone Securities, Inc.;⁵ W&S Brokerage Services, Inc.;^3,5 and W&S Financial Group Distributors, Inc.⁶Western & Southern is a title sponsor of several major Cincinnati events every year. From 2002 to 2023, it served as title sponsor of the nation’s longest-running professional tennis tournament played in its city of origin, the Western & Southern Open. The renamed Cincinnati Open is one of nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, the world’s premier tournaments after the Grand Slams, and a WTA 1000 tournament. The company proudly continues to serve as a major sponsor.

1 The financial information presented here is preliminary and unaudited.

2 Gerber Life is a registered trademark. Used under license from Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. and Gerber Products Company.

3 A registered investment advisor.

4 In the State of California, Gerber Life Agency, LLC is known as and does business as Gerber Life Insurance Agency, LLC.

5 A registered broker-dealer and member FINRA/SIPC.

6 W&S Financial Group Distributors, Inc. (doing business as W&S Financial Insurance Services in CA).

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