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Ventura County Continues to Monitor Manager

August 13, 2010 - Acadian Asset Management will keep its spot on the watch list at the Ventura County Employees’ Retirement Association (VCERA), the Board decided at a recent meeting. The fund began keeping closer eye on the Boston-based ...

Connecticut Considers Three for Growth Mandate

August 13, 2010 - Connecticut State Treasurer Denise Nappier could possibly make a decision on who will manage $200 million in a small/mid-cap growth mandate for the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds (CRPTF) very soon, Christine Shaw ...

Kern County Considers PanAgora

August 12, 2010 - The Kern County Employees’ Retirement Association (KCERA) was expected to approve the hiring of PanAgora Asset Management at its Investment Board meeting yesterday, according to the plan’s Web site. The firm will oversee an ...

Wallingford Mulls Taking OFI Off Roster

August 10, 2010 - The roughly $114 million Wallingford Town Retirement System is currently considering the termination of OFI Institutional Asset Management from its $60 million mandate due to future impending staffing changes at the Oppenheimer Funds subsidiary. At a ...

Fresno County Picks Systematic

August 6, 2010 - The $2.5 billion Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association (FCERA) has selected Systematic Financial Management for a small-cap value equity mandate, wrapping a search initially approved in February. At that time, FCERA’s ...

Los Angeles 911 Delays FIS Decision

August 6, 2010 - The Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions (LAFPP) has stalled on a decision to remove FIS Group from its manager roster, IMW learned today. At an Aug. 5 meeting, the LAFPP Board discussed terminating the Philadelphia- and Chicago ...

Los Angeles 911 to Discuss FIS Group

August 3, 2010 - The Los Angeles Fire Police Pensions (LAFPP) will consider removing FIS Group from a manager of emerging managers account at a meeting this week, prompted by a key personnel change at the Philadelphia- and Chicago-based firm. In a ...

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 ...

New Mexico PERA Makes Equity Additions

July 30, 2010 - The New Mexico Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) wrapped its search for a small-cap value manager yesterday with the selection of two firms, CIO Joelle Mevi told IMW today. Austin, Texas-based Dimensional Fund ...

Ohio Patrol Plan Nears Equity Selection

July 27, 2010 - The Ohio Highway Patrol Retirement System (HPRS) Investment Committee heard final presentations yesterday from four firms vying to manage assets within its domestic micro-cap portfolio, Dan Weiss, retirement system executive ...

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 ...

Illinois Muni. Deletes Managers from Roster

July 23, 2010 - The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund’s (IMRF) Board of Trustees could possibly issue a new search for an international small-cap equity manager in the near term following its verdict today to terminate both AXA Rosenberg Investment Management, along with domestic manager Copper Rock Capital Partners, Linda Horrell, communications manager ...

Sonoma County Could Review Equity Firms

July 23, 2010 - The $1.35 billion Sonoma County Employees’ Retirement Association (SCERA) may begin researching equity managers to compare to one of its incumbents, Capital Guardian, IMW has learned. Last month, the investment committee ...

Oklahoma Teachers’ Still Keeping Tabs on Manager

July 21, 2010 - Capital Guardian will continue to hold its spot on the watch list at the Oklahoma Teachers’ Retirement System (OTRS) at least until the end of the year. The San Francisco-based firm manages an international equity account at the ...

Marin County Cuts Back on Market Neutral

July 20, 2010 - The Marin County Employees’ Retirement Association (MCERA) recently made revisions to its market neutral equity program, IMW has learned. First off, the roughly $1 billion California plan will slash its exposure to the investments from ...