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ST. JOSEPH, MO – March 1, 2006 – Commerce Trust Company announces the addition of two employees at its 4 th and Felix branch.
Andrew Fent has joined the St. Joseph location as a portfolio manager overseeing equity and fixed income portfolios for individuals, corporations, employee benefit/retirement accounts and non-profit organizations. Fent most recently served as an equity analyst covering the Finance, Utilities, and Consumer Services Sectors of the S & P 500 at the company’s Kansas City location. He has been with Commerce since 2001. Fent received a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Benedictine College in Atchison, KS, and has completed levels 1 and 2 of the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He is registered to sit for the level 3 exam this spring.
Gina Piper, new to the company, will serve as an assistant to portfolio managers and administrators. Piper received a bachelor’s of Business Administration degree from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, NE.
About the Commerce Trust Company
The Commerce Trust Company is a division of Commerce Bank, N.A. With offices throughout Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois, The Commerce Trust Company has been providing trust and investment services since 1906 and investment management services to public and private pension funds, endowments and foundations since 1946. The Commerce Trust Company employs over 340 professionals, with over 100 people dedicated strictly to personal investment management services. The CTC is currently responsible for administering over $19.7 billion in total assets and have full investment responsibility for over $10.6 billion in assets for individuals, employee benefit clients, endowments, and foundations.
For more information contact:
Paula Oakman
, Regional Marketing Manager
Commerce Bank,
816-234-2308
, or
paula.oakman@commercebank.com
Website: www.commercebank.com
e-mail: mymoney@commercebank.com
SYMBOL: CBSH
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