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Milwaukee County Has Infrastructure in Mind

March 10, 2010 - The Milwaukee County Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) is planning to revamp its asset allocation strategy to include an increased dependency to infrastructure and real estate. According to the March 1 Investment Committee ...

Vermont Takes Stake in Hedge Funds

February 24, 2010 - In addition to issuing two new searches, the Vermont Pension Investment Committee (VPIC) has initiated its annual asset allocation review for the state’s three pension systems worth roughly $2.95 billion. The decisions were ...

Ohio PERS Gives Go-Ahead to Investment Proposal

February 18, 2010 - The Ohio Public Employees’ Retirement System (OPERS) Board of Trustees approved its “2010 Investment Plan,” which would effectively implement previously mandated asset allocations, and incorporate more internal ...

New Mexico PERA Preps Equity Searches

February 12, 2010 - The Investment Committee for the New Mexico Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) approved recommendations at a Feb. 9 meeting that would reshape its domestic equity roster, Julian Baca, portfolio ...

Mass. PRIM Caps Manager Assets

February 3, 2010 - The trustees for the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (PRIM) approved a “manager sizing policy” yesterday that will “prudently protect the assets” of the $42.6 billion Pension Reserves Investment ...

Arkansas Teachers Plot 2010 Searches

February 2, 2010 - The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS) will look to infuse more than $400 million in real estate and private equity investments in 2010, Executive Director George Hopkins told IMW. In December, Hopkins said its investment ...

CalPERS Taps Market for Real Estate Advisors

January 29, 2010 - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is looking to refresh its real estate consultant spring-fed pool for special projects. Clark McKinley, information officer at the $201.2 billion Sacramento-based plan, ...

Stanislaus County Watches INVESCO

January 28, 2010 - Poor performance on a global REITs portfolio has prompted the Stanislaus County Employees’ Retirement Association (StanCERA) to place Invesco on watch. According to the audio file of a Jan. 26 investment committee meeting, the ...

Wisconsin Revamps Portfolio to Curb Risk

January 27, 2010 - The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) made some extreme changes to its Core Trust Fund’s (CTF) asset allocation structure as an attempt to trim risk and return to leverage options. During SWIB’s Jan. 26 regular public meeting, ...

Ann Arbor Keeps Its Eye on Lee Munder

January 25, 2010 - The City of Ann Arbor Employees’ Retirement System closed 2009 with a presentation from Boston, Mass.-based Lee Munder Capital Group regarding its watch list status at the plan. Ultimately, board members decided to keep the ...

NY Common Fund Doles Out to New Asset Classes

January 6, 2010 - The $126 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) has opted to invest more than $250 million within one of its two newly created asset classes, Robert Whalen, fund spokesperson, said earlier today. According to ...

Massachusetts Plan Hunts for Real Estate Firms

December 28, 2009 - The Town of Belmont Contributory Retirement System is looking for a new real estate manager. The RFP states that all inquiring money managers will need to invest in “only” closed-end ...

Alaska Fund Seeks to Fill Investment Role

December 21, 2009 - The Alaska Department of Revenue’s Treasury Division is looking for a new assistant state investment officer (AIO). According to the Dec. 17 job posting, the full-time position will support the state investment’s “fixed-income ...

Ohio 911 Commits to LaSalle

December 17, 2009 - The Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund (OP&F) has made a new $60 million real estate commitment with LaSalle Investment Management, fund spokesperson Dave Graham told IMW. According to Graham, the $10.2 billion ...

LA 911 Places Three on Watch

December 7, 2009 - The Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions (LAFPP) placed three managers on its watch list last week, confirmed Michael Perez, general manager at the fund. Affected by the decision were core real estate managers Chicago-based ...