Sep 2, 2010 – The Fort Worth Employees Retirement Fund has selected a private equity real estate firm to oversee $25 million of its assets. The Investment Committee recommended WestRiver Capital Management for the account, subject to legal review ...
Sep 2, 2010 – After roughly a month of deliberation, Hewitt Associates said Thursday that its acquisition of investment consultant powerhouse Ennis Knupp + Associates has been approved. The new entity, which will assume the name of Hewitt EnnisKnupp ...
Sep 2, 2010 – The nearly $2 billion City of Cincinnati Retirement System (CRS) could see some new faces on its Board of Trustees come October. Following the passage of a new City ordinance, Roxanne Qualls, vice mayor and newly appointed ...
Sep 2, 2010 – On the heels of its decision to terminate international equity manager Franklin Templeton, the Fresno County Employees Retirement Association (FCERA) will now work with its consultant to replace the firm. On Wednesday, FCERA ...
Sep 2, 2010 – In a deal that will more than double its assets under management, Scout Investment Advisors, a Kansas City, Mo., unit of UMB Financial, announced Thursday it signed a definitive agreement to buy Reams Asset Management ...
Sep 2, 2010 – The Chairman of the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (NMERB) has resigned from his position, effective immediately. In a statement on the NMERB Web site, the plan notes that Bruce Malott has left the seven-member board. In the interim ...
Sep 2, 2010 – The roughly $7 billion Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (LASERS) Board of Trustees decided last week to award Marathon Asset Management a nearly $250 million mortgage-backed securities mandate, system CIO Bobby ...
Sep 2, 2010 – The $700 million Ohio Highway Patrol Retirement System (HPRS) Board of Trustees have awarded a combined $15 million domestic micro-cap mandate to Ancora Advisors and James Investment Research, Dan Weiss, plan executive director ...
Sep 2, 2010 – The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee (RACM) has tapped hometown investment firm M&I Investment Management to help in the advisement of nearly $5 million to $11 million within the agencys operating funds. In a Thursday e-mail ...
Sep 1, 2010 – Under the guidance of its investment consultant Dahab Associates, the City of Sanford Firefighters Pension Fund has launched a new international equity manager search. The RFP, which was posted on Dahabs Web site on Aug. 31 ...
Sep 1, 2010 – Chris Gootkind is the latest addition at Loomis, Sayles & Company, where he has joined the firms fixed-income group as the director of credit research and a credit strategist.
Sep 1, 2010 – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a report Tuesday cautioning credit rating agencies about deceptive ratings conduct. The SEC also reminded the agencies of the importance of sufficient internal controls over the ...
Sep 1, 2010 – As part of an ongoing makeover of its domestic equity portfolio, the New Hampshire Retirement System (NHRS) Investment Committee agreed to terminate Century Capital Management. At an Aug. 20 meeting, the decision ...
Sep 1, 2010 – Ticonderoga Securities LLC, an institutional broker dealer, said Tuesday it is partnering with Shenyin Wanguo Securities Ltd (SWS), one of the largest securities houses in China, to provide research and execution services to Ticonderogas ...
Sep 1, 2010 – Investment consultant Wurts & Associates has recommended that the Fresno County Employees Retirement Association (FCERA) terminate one of its equity managers. In an Aug, 26 memo to the Board, the firm suggested that ...