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LASERS Selects Marathon for the Long Haul

The roughly $7 billion Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System (LASERS) Board of Trustees decided last week to award Marathon Asset Management a nearly $250 million mortgage-backed securities mandate, system CIO Bobby ...

Ft. Lauderdale Police & Fire Weigh In on Bond Changes

The nearly $422 million Ft. Lauderdale Police & Fire Retirement System Board of Trustees is currently mulling over making a few passive, active and opportunistic changes to its roughly $116.7 million fixed-income portfolio. At its meeting last month ...

Loomis Names Product Manager for Relative Return

Chris Harms has joined the fixed-income group at Loomis, Sayles & Company as a product manager for the relative return team, the Boston-based firm has announced. The relative return team is responsible for the core ...

RBC Launches Emerging Markets Bond Fund

RBC Global Asset Management launched an emerging markets bond fund that can invest in junk bonds, the Toronto-based asset manager confirmed Monday. The bond fund, RBC Emerging Markets Bond Fund, is available to institutional ...

Kentucky Completes Liability Study, Shifts Allocations

The nearly $12.9 billion Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) approved changes to its asset allocation targets yesterday that will effectively “reduce risk” for the Frankfort-based employees retirement plan, Mike Burnside, KRS executive director ...

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New Mexico Gets Down to Core-Plus

The New Mexico Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) will kick off its search for fixed-income managers tomorrow, CIO Joelle Mevi said. In June, Mevi told IMW that the Santa Fe plan would launch a search for a core-plus manager ...

New York TRS Hands Out Mandates

The roughly $68 billion New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS), the Empire States’ second largest public pension fund, has had a very busy summer. The plan awarded nearly a half billion in new commitments at its July 28 ...

SamCERA Whittles Down Bond Playing Field

The San Mateo County Employees’ Retirement Association (SamCERA) met with potential finalists this week in its search for a global bond manager to join the California plan’s roster. Being considered for the fixed-income contract ...

Tulare County Closing In on Consultant Decision

The Tulare County Employees’ Retirement Association (TCERA) is currently reviewing six firms as potential investment advisors for the plan’s roughly $900 million portfolio, Dave Kehler, administrator at the fund said today. In ...

Kern County to Discuss Roster Changes

The Kern County Employees’ Retirement Association (KCERA) could see a mix-up in its manager roster if it follows through with recommendations scheduled to be discussed at an Investment Board meeting tomorrow. At its ...

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