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Wyoming to Make GTAA Foray

August 11, 2010 - 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

August 10, 2010 - 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

August 6, 2010 - 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

August 5, 2010 - 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

August 5, 2010 - 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 ...

New York TRS Hands Out Mandates

August 3, 2010 - 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 ...

Fort Worth ERF Eyes Schroders

August 2, 2010 - The Investment Committee for the Fort Worth Employees’ Retirement Fund has selected a firm to oversee its foray into commodities investments, according to the Texas-based plan’s Web site. Last September, the system ...

Ohio PERS Maps Out Hedge Fund Plans

July 28, 2010 - By the end of 2011, the roughly $70 billion Ohio Public Employees’ Retirement System (OPERS) will be fully submerged into its hedge funds and opportunistic asset class investments thanks to a new strategic framework ...

Vermont Closer to Fund of Funds Foray

July 28, 2010 - The Vermont Pension Investment Committee (VPIC) could possibly make a decision next month on who will manage a new hedge fund investment contract worth nearly 5% of its total $2.91 billion portfolio. In an email today, Stephen Rauh ...

Sacramento County Looks at Real Estate Options

July 27, 2010 - The Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System (SCERS) plans to review potential candidates as possible replacements for BlackRock on a real estate mandate. Last month, the system’s consultant Mercer presented a portfolio ...

Hedgies Likely Want to Forget Q2 Performance

July 26, 2010 - It's been a white-knuckled roller-coaster ride for hedge funds and their investors so far this year—gains won in the first quarter were surrendered in the second. The relatively poor performance is likely a concern for the fund ...

Tulare County Closing In on Consultant Decision

July 26, 2010 - 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 ...

Austin Police Plan Allocates to HFoFs

July 23, 2010 - The City of Austin Police Retirement System (APRS) has made $15 million in new hedge fund of funds investments, the plan’s CEO Sampson Jordan said in a phone conversation with IMW today. At a meeting this week, the Board ...

Milwaukee County May Take PE Up a Notch

July 19, 2010 - The $1.7 billion Milwaukee County Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) Investment Committee will likely need to invest nearly $20 million in private equities in order to achieve the plan’s pre-determined target allocation for the class. The ...

San Fran Adds More Alts

July 15, 2010 - The San Francisco City and County Employees’ System (SFERS) placed an additional $50 million in the market this week, David Kushner, CIO at the system confirmed in a phone conversation today. At its July 13 Board meeting ...