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Fort Worth Fund Allocates to WestRiver

The Fort Worth Employees’ Retirement Fund has selected a private equity real estate firm to oversee $25 million of its assets. The Investment Committee recommended WestRiver Capital Management for the account, subject to legal review ...

Louisiana Police Find UBP’s Successor

The Louisiana State Police Retirement System (LSPRS) Board of Trustees decided last month to hire Prisma Capital Partners to replace UBP Asset Management, a hedge fund manager that was let go previously due to low performance and staffing changes. In following ...

Vermont Dives into Hedgies

The Vermont Pension Investment Committee (VPIC) has awarded three hedge fund of funds investment firms a total of $150 million, Stephen Rauh, Committee chair, told IMW. The winning managers include Chicago-based Grosvenor ...

Taunton to Finalize Timber Search

The Taunton Contributory Retirement System could possibly select finalists for its previously released timber investment management search at an Aug. 27 Retirement Board meeting, Paul Slivinski, Board executive director, told IMW. The search ...

Austin Cops Allocate to Multi-Strategy Fund

The City of Austin Police Retirement System (APRS) has given the green light to an alternative investment fund run by Double Eagle Capital Management of Irving, Texas. At a July 21 Board meeting, the Texas plan approved placing $7.5 million ...

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Wyoming to Make GTAA Foray

The Wyoming Retirement System (WRS) has launched a search for managers to oversee global tactical asset allocation strategies, (GTAA), IMW has learned. The RFP, which was issued Aug. 9 notes that the fund is seeking global tactical asset ...

San Bernardino Plans to Tap into REITS

The $5 billion San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association (SBCERA) will be casting its rod into the REITs pond, IMW has learned. At an Aug. 9 meeting, the Board discussed its real estate and real assets structure with consultant ...

Illinois TRS Awards International Mandates

The roughly $33.7 billion Teachers’ Retirement System of Illinois (TRS) Board of Trustees handed out nearly $700 million in new international equity commitments to Aberdeen Asset Management and Northern Trust Global Investments ...

SWIB Follows Through with PE Plans

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) has kept a promise to increase its allocation to private equity this year, and has made nearly $300 million in new commitments to the vehicle over the past three months. In a quarterly private market ...

Imperial County to Review Allocations

The Imperial County Employees’ Retirement System (ICERS) has asked its consultant to present an asset allocation study to the Board this month, according to recently released minutes of the plan’s July 22 meeting. The California-based ...

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