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 ...
September 1, 2010 - The City of Flagler Beach Commission is currently considering a new proposal to boost its police pension funds commitment to equities by 15%, John Feind, Commission chairman, told IMW. In a Wednesday morning conversation, Feind ...
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 ...
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 Dahabs Web site on Aug. 31 ...
August 27, 2010 - The Illinois Municipal Retirement Funds (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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
August 19, 2010 - While the asset studies conducted by the $13.6 billion Nebraska Investment Council (NIC) on the states defined benefit and cash balance benefit plans have left allocation targets unscathed, talks have now moved to exploring the addition ...
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 ....
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 ...