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U.S. Equity

Ohio Patrol Shells Outs $15M for Equity

September 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Illinois Muni. Hires Emerging Firms

August 27, 2010 - The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund’s (IMRF) Board of Trustees selected two Chicago-based emerging managers for a combined $75 million mandate at its meeting earlier today, Linda Horrell, communications manager at the system, told ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

L.A. Water and Power Trims Watch List

August 25, 2010 - The $6 billion Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Retirement Plan has updated its manager watch list with the removal of equity manager BlackRock. Last year, the California-based utility began monitoring the firm ...

Oklahoma PERS Rolls with Small-Cap Search

August 20, 2010 - The Oklahoma Public Employees’ Retirement System (OPERS) has approved and will issue an RFP for domestic value managers, executive director Tom Spencer confirmed to IMW today. He said the Board is looking to hire a small-cap firm ...

Kentucky Completes Liability Study, Shifts Allocations

August 20, 2010 - The nearly $12.9 billion Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) approved changes to its asset allocation targets yesterday that will effectively “reduce risk” for the Frankfort-based employees retirement plan, Mike Burnside, KRS executive director ...

Nebraska Investment Council Could Go Global

August 19, 2010 - While the asset studies conducted by the $13.6 billion Nebraska Investment Council (NIC) on the state’s defined benefit and cash balance benefit plans have left allocation targets unscathed, talks have now moved to exploring the addition ...

Nevada PERS to Question AllianceBernstein

August 19, 2010 - The Nevada Public Employees’ Retirement System (NVPERS) will meet with AllianceBernstein later in the year to discuss changes that are occurring at the firm, confirmed Ken Lambert, investment officer for the $22 billion ....

Contra Costa to Meet with Global Equity Finalists

August 18, 2010 - The Contra Costa County Employees’ Retirement Association (CCCERA) is on the brink of hiring a firm to invest in a global low volatility equity strategy on its behalf. CCCERA began considering the investment at the start of year ...