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Fixed-Income

New Mexico Gets Down to Core-Plus

August 11, 2010 - 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

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 ...

SamCERA Whittles Down Bond Playing Field

July 29, 2010 - 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

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 ...

Kern County to Discuss Roster Changes

July 13, 2010 - 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 ...

University of Maine Cuts Down on Equity

July 13, 2010 - The University of Maine System (UMS) Board of Trustees decided yesterday to modify its investment pools’ commitments to equity and bonds, as well as restructure its hedge fund portfolio. The 16-member Board elected to ratify ...

Virgin Islands System Keeping Tabs on Managers

July 8, 2010 - The Employees’ Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands (GERS) Board of Trustees “are monitoring several concerns” with a few of its investment managers. According to its June 2010 GERS Update, trustees ...

Braintree Puts Out RFP

July 6, 2010 - Massachusetts’s Braintree Contributory Retirement System (BCRS) is searching for an active management firm to help manage a portion of its $123 million portfolio utilizing a manager of managers strategy. The RFP explains that all ...

Oakland Plan Looks Over Fixed-Income Candidates

July 1, 2010 - The Oakland Police and Fire Retirement System (OPFRS) was due to consider three finalists yesterday for potential oversight of a core bond mandate. Los Angeles-based Bradford & Marzec, CS McKee of Pittsburgh and T. Rowe Price ...

LASERS Frees Up Absolute Return Assets

June 29, 2010 - The roughly $7 billion Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System (LASERS) Board of Trustees and its Investment Committee voted to strip absolute return manager Stark Investments of its portfolio due to recent changes ...

Iowa PERS Latest to Place RREEF on Watch

June 28, 2010 - The nearly $20 billion Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) Investment Board has decided to place RREEF, the real estate investment management subsidiary for Deutsche Bank Asset Management, on watch following news ...

CTPF Picks Potential Bond Firms

June 28, 2010 - The Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago’s (CTPF) has narrowed down its search for a fixed-income investment firm to three emerging managers, Kevin Huber, CTPF executive director, said in an email. In March ...

New Mexico Flexes Alternatives Muscle

June 25, 2010 - Going forward, the New Mexico Public Employees’ Retirement Association (NMPERA) will stake a larger claim in alternative investments, IMW has learned. At its meeting yesterday, the Board approved increasing its allocation to ...

Teachers’ Fund Hunts for Bonds

June 23, 2010 - A roughly $50 million teachers’ retirement plan situated in the City of Nashville, Tenn. is looking for an experienced manager with an active fixed-income background to advise between $10 and $20 million in new investments. The ...

Lackawanna County Considers Adding Advisor

June 11, 2010 - A Pennsylvania County pension board that houses the City of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre could possibly be looking for a new investment consultant to help diversify its commitments. Following a recommendation from ...