Alternatives
Wyoming Retirement takes first step toward private equity investments
Wyoming Retirement System, Cheyenne, is developing a plan to begin making its first private equity investments.
February 22, 2012 | 03:47 pm
Essex pension fund in England picks Stafford Timberland for fund of funds
Essex County Council Pension Fund, Chelmsford, England, hired Stafford Timberland Group to manage a timberland fund of funds.
February 22, 2012 | 02:05 pm
San Joaquin County Employees chooses 2 for risk parity
San Joaquin County Employees’ Retirement Association, Stockton, Calif., hired Bridgewater Associates and Clifton Group to each run risk-parity strategies.
February 22, 2012 | 01:59 pm
Manchester, N.H., pension fund moving toward real estate increase
The board of the $154 million Manchester (N.H.) Employees' Contributory Retirement System voted Tuesday to consolidate the system's core real estate investments by terminating a $2 million mandate...
February 21, 2012 | 05:04 pm
Ohio State Teachers boosts alternatives at expense of domestic equities
Ohio State Teachers' Retirement System is increasing its target allocations to international equities, private equity and opportunistic/diversified assets and decreasing its target allocation to...
February 21, 2012 | 04:21 pm
Worcester Retirement looking for infrastructure, private equity managers
Worcester (Mass.) Retirement System is searching for managers to run $5 million to $10 million each in separate infrastructure and private equity mandates, according to new, separate RFPs.
February 21, 2012 | 03:58 pm
Indiana police trust seeks hedge fund-of-funds manager
Indiana State Police Pension Trust, Indianapolis, is searching for one or more managers to run $50 million in a conservative hedge fund-of-funds strategy.
February 21, 2012 | 03:52 pm
Wisconsin Investment Board adds 2 real estate funds
State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Madison, committed a total of $187.5 million to two real estate funds.
February 21, 2012 | 01:20 pm
Sutton Pension Fund picks managers for absolute return, global equity
London Borough of Sutton Pension Fund appointed six managers divided into two separate framework agreements to manage two portfolios: a multiasset absolute-return portfolio and an unconstrained...
February 21, 2012 | 12:55 pm
BC Partners raises $8.6 Billion for new European buyout fund
BC Partners Ltd., the British private equity firm, raised €6.5 billion ($8.6 billion) for leveraged buyouts in Europe, surpassing its target thanks to demand from sovereign wealth funds in the...
February 21, 2012 | 07:55 am
New pooled mortgage strategy touted for institutional investors
Two AllianceBernstein LP mortgage specialists say they have hit on the next great investment for institutional investors: securities based on a pool of residential Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae...
February 20, 2012
European institutional investors to lean more on hedge funds
European institutions — led by the U.K. — are expected to raise or change their hedge fund allocations in a bid to improve funding levels while better controlling portfolio volatility,...
February 20, 2012
Global macro, managed futures heating up
U.S. institutional investors have global macro and managed futures managers firmly in their sights as they hunt for non-correlated investment strategies to add to their hedge fund portfolios.
February 20, 2012
Investors not buying into gloom over carried interest tax hike
President Barack Obama's budget proposal to change the tax treatment of carried interest, the latest in a string of alternative investment initiatives in Washington, is bringing predictions of dire...
February 20, 2012
Price was too high for Wilshire sale
Wilshire Associates Inc. was on the selling block in recent months, but the gap between what founder and majority owner Dennis Tito is seeking and what strategic buyers and private equity firms are...