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PRIM Names New Director, Winds Down Search

August 3, 2010 - In addition to the widely publicized appointment of its new Executive Director Michael Trotsky today, the Pension Reserves Investment Management (PRIM) staff said that it could possibly name finalists in a search for a core real ...

Fresno County to Monitor State Street

July 19, 2010 - Recent organizational changes at State Street has landed the firm on the Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association’s (FCERA) watch list for a securities lending account, Roberto Pena, administrator at the plan confirmed today. Last month, Peter Economou

Marin County Replaces Benner

June 21, 2010 - The Marin County Employees’ Retirement Association (MCERA) has named a permanent replacement for Charnel Benner, the plan announced in a posting on its Web site. Jeff Wickman will be the retirement administrator at ...

RREEF Loses Mass PRIM Contract

June 1, 2010 - While the Pension Reserves Investment Management (PRIM) Board’s decision today to name Karen Gershman as the interim successor of departing Executive Director Michael Travaglini has captivated public attention, the agreed ...

Essex Loses Another Board Member

May 25, 2010 - Essex Regional Retirement Board (ERRB) Vice Chairwomen Katherine O’Leary told trustees yesterday that she would resign when her term ends June 30. At the May 24 ERRB meeting, O’Leary, a 30-year member of the Danvers ...

Travaglini Resigns from Mass PRIM

May 25, 2010 - The executive director of the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (PRIM) Michael Travaglini will step down next month and try his hand in the private sector, the Massachusetts Treasury office said today. Travaglini ...

Loomis’ New Large-Cap Head Talks Strategy

May 20, 2010 - Aziz Hamzaogullari, the new VP and lead portfolio manager of large-cap strategies at Loomis Sayles & Co., is not a buy-and-hold sort of investment manager, even if his style is marked by words like “fundamental,” “analytical,” and ...

New Mexico Committee Seeks Action on Alleged Pay-to-Play

March 24, 2010 - A subcommittee to the New Mexico State Investment Council (SIC) is asking the state Attorney General Gary King to “immediate(ly) begin” the process to file suit against alleged pay-to-play co-conspirators. The subcommittee, ...

Fairfax County Looking for Director

March 15, 2010 - The Fairfax County Educational Employees’ Supplementary Retirement System is seeking a deputy executive director to fill the seat left by Jeanne Carr. She succeeded its retiring executive director and CIO Alan Belstock in ...

Texas Muni. Nears Director Decision

March 11, 2010 - The roughly $15.6 billion Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) is expected to select its new executive director and permanently fill a gap left by Eric Henry, its former executive director and CIO, who resigned last year. In August ...

Altrius Capital to Pursue Institutional Investors

March 10, 2010 - Altrius Capital Management launched an institutional investing division at the start of the year, an official at the 12-year old firm told IMW. Gian Russo, has been brought on to help the New Bern, N.C.-based firm break ground in...

Maylor to Head Essex Retirement System

March 9, 2010 - The Massachusetts Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission (PERAC) has selected a Swampscott Town Administrator to assume board chairmanship duties for the Essex Regional Retirement Board (ERRB) ...

West Virginia Looks for Alts Pro

March 3, 2010 - The West Virginia Investment Management Board (WVIMB) is looking to add an alternative investment analyst to its staffing roster. A recent posting on the state’s investment agency Web site indicates that the new staffer will ...

Jacksha to Return to New Mexico ERB

February 26, 2010 - New Mexico Interim State Investment Officer (SIO) Bob Jacksha will step down from his post at the State Investment Council (SIC) and resume his previous duties at the Educational ...

Ohio SERS Director Plans Departure

February 22, 2010 - The $9.3 billion School Employees’ Retirement System of Ohio (SERS) Executive Director James Winfree will be retiring from his lead post, effective April 30. During a Board meeting last Friday, the system staff and trustees ...