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Fresno County Preps Replacement Search

September 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 ...

Flagler City Mulls Increase to Equities for Police Fund

September 1, 2010 - The City of Flagler Beach Commission is currently considering a new proposal to boost its police pension fund’s commitment to equities by 15%, John Feind, Commission chairman, told IMW. In a Wednesday morning conversation, Feind ...

Franklin Templeton Topic of Talks in Fresno County

September 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 ...

New Hampshire Parts Ways with Century Capital

September 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 ...

Sanford Firefighters Take a Liking to Equities

September 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 Dahab’s Web site on Aug. 31 ...

Colorado Plan Reviews Allocations

August 31, 2010 - The $224 million El Paso County Retirement Plan’s investment consultant recently recommended an asset mix that would affect the plan’s targets over the next 1-3 years. In July, the system received a review of its asset allocation ...

Invesco Discussed at Los Angeles Utility

August 31, 2010 - A high level organizational change at Invesco has landed the firm on the radar screen at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Retirement Plan. At an Aug. 25 meeting, the Board discussed the departure of Invesco’s ...

Chicago Teachers’ Plot New Consultant Search

August 30, 2010 - The Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago’s (CTPF) Board of Trustees has issued a search to find a new consultant to advise the nearly $10 billion plan on its investment decisions, Kevin Huber, CTPF executive director ...

Ann Arbor Discusses Changes to Small-Cap

August 27, 2010 - The City of Ann Arbor Employees’ Retirement System is trying to decide what it should do with a Lee Munder Capital Group-managed portfolio following the news that the Boston firm has closed one of its funds due to dismal long-term ...

Ft. Lauderdale Police & Fire Weigh In on Bond Changes

August 27, 2010 - The nearly $422 million Ft. Lauderdale Police & Fire Retirement System Board of Trustees is currently mulling over making a few passive, active and opportunistic changes to its roughly $116.7 million fixed-income portfolio. At its meeting last month ...

Tulare County to Meet with Finalists

August 27, 2010 - The Tulare County Employees’ Retirement Association (TCERA) will meet with the six firms under consideration for a consultant contract late next month, Dave Kehler, administrator at the plan told IMW. In late-July Kehler told IMW that the Board was ...

OCERS Talks Possible Manager Removal

August 26, 2010 - The Orange Country Employees’ Retirement System (OCERS) discussed a potential manager termination at its Aug. 24 Investment Committee meeting. On the hot seat was Seattle-based Washington Capital Management, which oversees a small-cap ...

Alameda County Parts Ways with Value Manager

August 26, 2010 - The Alameda County Employees’ Retirement Association (ACERA) has removed Philadelphia- and San Francisco-based Brandywine Global Investment Management from a small-cap value equity mandate. Last month, the Board reviewed the strategies ...

Ohio Guns & Hoses Terminates Acadian, Plans New Search

August 26, 2010 - As a result of a new non-U.S. equity structure allocation revision, the roughly $10.3 billion Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund (OP&F) Board of Trustees decided to let go of Acadian Asset Management to make room for a new small-cap ...

Sonoma Moves Farmland Search Along

August 26, 2010 - The Sonoma County Employees’ Retirement Association (SCERA) could fund its new 3% allocation to farmland investments next month. In June, IMW reported that the California system had approved adding the asset class to its real estate ...