Searches & Hires

Oklahoma PERS to seek TIPS manager

By Timothy Inklebarger     November 20, 2009

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, Oklahoma City, will issue an RFP for a TIPS manager in the coming weeks, confirmed Tom Spencer, executive director of the $5.7 billion system.He said...

FRR picks 6 to run €4 billion in bonds

By Drew Carter     November 20, 2009

Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites, Paris, hired six managers to run a combined €4 billion ($6 billion) in euro-denominated inflation-linked bonds, according to the €28.8 billion...

North Carolina eyes in-state private equity investment

By Doug Halonen     November 19, 2009

North Carolina Retirement Systems, Raleigh, issued an RFP for a private equity manager to run up to $250 million in an economically targeted fund for “investment opportunities with significant...

Tennessee assigns $25 million to Draper Fisher fund

By Christine Williamson     November 18, 2009

Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, Nashville, committed $25 million to Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund X, according to Lamar Villere, director of private equity. The commitment is the...

Boeing preps $1.7 billion in hedge fund searches

By Barry B. Burr     November 18, 2009

Boeing Co., Chicago, plans to search early next year for direct hedge funds to invest almost $1.7 billion, said Andrew Ward, CIO.The searches will begin after officials at the $43.6 billion...

U.K. agency seeks risk managers

By Thao Hua     November 17, 2009

Britain’s Asset Protection Agency issued an RFI for “a panel of risk and transaction advisory firms,” which can include money managers, to help manage a portfolio of high-risk debt...

Maryland on lookout for private equity, real estate consultants

By Doug Halonen     November 17, 2009

Maryland State Retirement and Pension System, Baltimore, issued RFIs for private equity and real estate consultants, said Robert Burd, the $32 billion system's managing director.The contract with ...

CDC commits to pension ‘buy-in’ with Rothesay Life

By Drew Carter     November 17, 2009

CDC Pensions Scheme, London, committed its £370 million ($619 million) in assets to a pension “buy-in” with Rothesay Life, CDC spokeswoman Miriam de Lacy confirmed.In the deal, ...

Celestica taps Mercer as fiduciary manager

By Drew Carter     November 16, 2009

Updated Nov. 17, 2009Celestica (UK) Pension Plan, Manchester, England, hired Mercer to run its entire £100 million ($167 million) in assets in a fiduciary management mandate,...

Connecticut seeks stable value, target-date managers

By Douglas Appell     November 16, 2009

The state of Connecticut issued RFPs for an investment manager to run a $1.1 billion stable value fund for the state’s 457 and 403(b) plans and its Alternate Retirement Program, and an...

MassMutual forges deal with Ironworkers district

By Timothy Inklebarger     November 16, 2009

Ironworkers District Council of Southern Ohio & Vicinity Annuity Trust, Vandalia, Ohio, hired MassMutual Retirement Services as bundled service provider of its $243 million Taft-Hartley...

Nestle picks Northern Trust for global custody

By Thao Hua     November 16, 2009

Nestle Capital Advisers hired Northern Trust to provide global custody for two cross-border pooled funds it runs, according to NCA CEO Jean-Pierre Steiner.NCA — Nestle’s...

McCain goes with State Street for custody

By Timothy Inklebarger     November 13, 2009

McCain Foods Ltd., Toronto, picked State Street Corp. to provide global custody, accounting, benefit payments and investment analytics for its combined C$300 million (US$286.4 million)...

Pictet taps MetWest as subadviser

By Douglas Appell     November 12, 2009

Pictet & Co. hired Metropolitan West Asset Management to subadvise a U.S. high-yield mutual fund for European investors, a Pictet spokeswoman confirmed. In a statement issued today, MetWest...

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