Investment outsourcing
San Jose Federated wants information on outsourced CIO services
San Jose (Calif.) Federated City Employees Retirement System issued an RFI on Wednesday for strategic/discretionary CIO services.
June 12, 2013 | 03:45 pm
Cambridge Associates enters outsourcing in Asia
Investment consultant Cambridge Associates is counting on its alternatives expertise to help it win discretionary outsourcing mandates in an Asian market more prone to internal management.
June 10, 2013
Maryland makes $50 million commodities long/short investment
Maryland State Retirement & Pension System invested $50 million in Taylor Woods Master Fund, an actively managed long/short commodities hedge fund, on June 1, confirmed Michael Golden, a spokesman...
June 06, 2013 | 03:41 pm
Russell picks managing director investment outsourcing business
Lisa Schneider was named managing director, non-profits and health-care systems, at Russell Investments' investment outsourcing business.
May 29, 2013 | 03:44 pm
Kansas Public Employees commits to Apollo Global private equity fund
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System, Topeka, committed up to $60 million to Apollo Investment Fund VIII, a private equity buyout fund managed by Apollo Global Management.
May 20, 2013 | 12:21 pm
Wildwood Programs searching for manager to run entire $4.5 million portfolio
Wildwood Programs, Schenectady, N.Y., is searching for an investment manager to run all of the assets in Wildwood Foundation.
May 03, 2013 | 03:05 pm
Shell Australia Superannuation Fund joins outsourcing trend
Shell Australia is poised to become the latest Australian corporation to outsource its retirement plan to an external superannuation fund provider.
April 15, 2013
Cambridge Associates' outsourced investment unit adds exec
Robert Rodgers was named director at CA Capital Management, the outsourced CIO business of investment consultant Cambridge Associates.
April 04, 2013 | 02:55 pm
External managers oversee 16.7% of Bank of Korea’s reserves, up from 15.8% a year ago
External money management firms oversaw 16.7% of the Bank of Korea’s $327 billion in foreign currency reserves as of Dec. 31, up from 15.8% the year before.
March 29, 2013 | 04:23 am
Niagara College seeks managers for endowment, operating cash funds
Niagara College, Welland, Ontario, is searching for at least one manager to run the college's endowment and operating cash funds, according to an RFP posted on the its website.
March 01, 2013 | 03:55 pm
Northern Trust names 2 to new positions on outsourced CIO team
Eric Peterson was named senior program manager for Northern Trust's multimanager solutions team, its outsourced chief investment officer service.
February 25, 2013 | 03:40 pm
Deutsche Bank: Two-thirds of pension funds increasing hedge fund allocations
Hedge fund assets will increase by 11% in 2013 to an all-time high of $2.5 trillion, according to the 11th annual Alternative Investment Survey from Deutsche Bank.
February 25, 2013 | 04:10 pm
Brescia University College eyes discretionary manager to run entire portfolio
Brescia University College, London, Ontario, is searching for a discretionary investment manager to run the combined investment portfolios of the college and its foundation.
February 14, 2013 | 03:45 pm
Deloitte: Focus on investments an 'obsolete' way to manage pension funding
The approach of many corporate pension funds focusing on increasing investment return rather than managing funding risk “is largely obsolete,” according to a report released Wednesday by...
February 07, 2013 | 01:10 pm
Brookline, Mass., in hunt for outsourced CIO
Brookline (Mass.) Contributory Retirement System is searching for an outsourced CIO for its pension fund, confirmed Frank Zecha, executive director of the $220 million plan.
