Public pensions
CalPERS panel adopts lower return assumptions for fixed income
CalPERS' investment committee approved a staff recommendation calling for a 174-basis-point drop in fixed-income return expectations from 4.5% and a 305-basis-point drop for inflation-linked...
June 17, 2013 | 05:57 pm
CalPERS names Eliopoulos to run fund temporarily
Theodore Eliopoulos, CalPERS' senior investment officer for real estate, is taking on day-to-day responsibility of the pension fund while Chief Investment Officer Joseph...
June 17, 2013 | 10:42 am
Denver Employees putting $15 million into energy fund
Denver Employees Retirement Plan committed $15 million to Lime Rock Resources III, a private equity energy fund managed by Lime Rock Management.
June 17, 2013 | 03:54 pm
Illinois SURS commits $100 million to real estate fund
Illinois State Universities Retirement System, Champaign, committed $100 million to Dune Real Estate Fund III, managed by Dune Capital Management.
June 17, 2013 | 03:29 pm
Wyoming Retirement System scouting for TIPS manager
Wyoming Retirement System, Cheyenne, is searching for at least one domestic or global inflation-protected securities manager to run up to $70 million.
June 17, 2013 | 01:55 pm
Coral Gables Retirement System taps Northern Trust for international equity
Coral Gables (Fla.) Retirement System hired Northern Trust Global Investments to run $18 million in passive international equities.
June 17, 2013 | 01:50 pm
Google settles suit with Massachusetts pension fund
Google Inc. settled a lawsuit brought by the Brockton (Mass.) Contributory Retirement System over the company's plan for a stock split that shareholders claimed would unfairly allow founders Larry...
June 17, 2013 | 12:44 pm
U.S. public pension fund data updated
The majority of the 100 largest U.S. public pension funds have published their annual reports for their 2012 fiscal years. ...
June 14, 2013 | 05:55 pm
Detroit creditor plan includes 'significant cuts' to pension benefits
Kevyn D. Orr, emergency manager for Detroit, outlined his plan on Friday to avert impending financial disaster, including benefit cuts for the city's two public pension plans.
June 14, 2013 | 04:05 pm
Maine PERS makes commitments to private equity, real estate
Maine Public Employees Retirement System made three commitments totaling up to $145 million.
June 14, 2013 | 03:20 pm
San Francisco pension fund in hunt for actuarial audit firm
San Francisco City & County Employees' Retirement System is searching for a firm to conduct an actuarial audit.
June 14, 2013 | 03:08 pm
Texas Teachers sets 3% allocation to energy, natural resources
Texas Teacher Retirement System is carving out a dedicated energy and natural resources portfolio with an initial allocation of 3% — about $3.5 billion in current dollars.
June 14, 2013 | 12:40 pm
Canada's 10 largest public pension funds help economy
Canada's 10 largest public pension funds represent one of the strongest retirement systems in the world and contribute significantly to the country's economy and prosperity, according to a new study...
June 13, 2013 | 04:28 pm
San Francisco pension plan names alternatives investment consultant finalists
San Francisco City & County Employees' Retirement System named four finalists in its alternatives investment consultant search, documents presented at the pension fund's board meeting on Wednesday...
June 13, 2013 | 04:00 pm
Wisconsin Investment Board plans in-house private equity co-investments
State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Madison, plans to start an internally managed private equity co-investment program, possibly sourcing and screening investment opportunities from its existing...
