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WSIB Looks for Real Estate Advice

August 12, 2010 - The Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) has put a RFQQ out on the market for an advisor to assist with its real estate investment program. Additionally, the Board is seeking a firm to provide back office support for its real estate ...

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 ...

Massachusetts Utility Rolls Outs Real Estate Search

August 3, 2010 - The roughly $250 million Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA) Retirement System is searching the market for new real estate investment management firms, its consultant, NEPC, said last week. According to a July 30 posting ...

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 ...

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 ...

Boston Kicks off Real Estate Search

August 2, 2010 - The State-Boston Retirement System is looking to possibly award up to $40 million to a fresh new batch of real estate managers over the course of the next year. According to an RFP released Friday, the roughly $3 billion defined benefit pension ...

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 ...

Stanislaus County Grants Reprieve to REIT Manager

July 28, 2010 - The Stanislaus County Employees’ Retirement Association followed a recommendation from its consultant yesterday that resulted in good news for Invesco. In January, the California system opted to place the firm on its watch list ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oklahoma TRS Closer to Diversification

July 22, 2010 - The Oklahoma Teachers’ Retirement System (OTRS) is making headway in its asset allocation study, Executive Secretary James Wilbanks told IMW today, and has named four firms to potentially fill its first core real estate allocation. Over the ...

Ohio 911 Takes Two Off Roster

July 12, 2010 - The roughly $10 billion Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund (OP&F) has relieved INTECH and Western Asset Management (WAM) of their U.S. equity mandates valued at just under $1 billion dollars, fund spokesperson David Graham ...

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 ...

Sonoma County Approves New Real Estate Class

June 23, 2010 - The Sonoma County Employees’ Retirement Association (SCERA), after receiving education on timber and farmland investments earlier this month, will enter into the asset class, IMW has learned. The recommendation was made to add ...