Public pensions
Connecticut joins chorus against Wal-Mart directors over bribery scandal
The $24.7 billion Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds will vote its shares against the re-election of seven members of the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. board at the company's annual meeting June 1.
May 24, 2012 | 02:52 pm
Norfolk County pension plan seeks international equity manager
Norfolk County Retirement System is searching for an international small-cap equity manager to run up to $20 million.
May 24, 2012 | 01:05 pm
Fort Lauderdale Police & Fire swaps hedge fund strategies
Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Police & Fire Retirement System is switching its hedge funds-of-funds strategy to a traditional one from long/short equities.
May 24, 2012 | 12:17 pm
Cook County Annuity & Benefit Fund on lookout for private equity
Cook County Annuity & Benefit Fund is searching for a private equity fund-of-funds manager.
May 23, 2012 | 01:48 pm
San Jose retirement plans compile shortlist for absolute return
San Jose (Calif.) Federated City Employees Retirement System and San Jose Police & Fire Department Retirement Plan are conducting a shortlist search for 18 to 20 absolute-return managers to run a...
May 23, 2012 | 03:50 pm
Tacoma Employees taps Neuberger Berman for high-yield bonds
Tacoma (Wash.) Employees' Retirement System hired Neuberger Berman to run $68 million in domestic high-yield fixed income.
May 23, 2012 | 03:06 pm
Calvert County plans issue international equity RFP
Calvert County Employees Retirement Plan and the Calvert County Sheriff's Department Pension Plan, both in Prince Frederick, Md., are searching for an active international equity manager to run $10...
May 23, 2012 | 03:00 pm
North Dakota picks interim CIO, executive director
Darren Schulz was named interim chief investment officer of the North Dakota State Investment Board, Bismarck, and Fay Kopp was named interim executive director of the Retirement and Investment Office.
May 22, 2012 | 02:43 pm
Illinois Municipal Retirement commits to 2 venture capital funds
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund committed up to $20 million to Lightspeed Venture Partners Fund IX and up to $10 million to Mayfield Fund XIV.
May 22, 2012 | 03:58 pm
El Paso County taps growth equity, MLP managers
El Paso County Retirement Plan, Colorado Springs, Colo., hired Santa Barbara Asset Management and Tortoise Capital Advisors to each manage $13 million.
May 22, 2012 | 03:24 pm
Denver Employees goes with Golub Capital for senior secured loans
Denver Employees Retirement Plan hired Golub Capital to run $50 million in senior secured loans.
May 22, 2012 | 01:28 pm
French fund FRR chooses CIO
Salwa Boussoukaya-Nasr was named chief investment officer at the €35.1 billion ($44.7 billion) Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites, Paris.
May 22, 2012 | 12:11 pm
Tallahassee plans shortlist search for value-added real estate
Tallahassee (Fla.) Pension Plan by the end of 2012 will issue an invitation-only search for its first value-added real estate manager to run between $12 million and $15 million.
May 21, 2012 | 11:11 am
Kansas PERS commits to 2 real estate funds
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System committed up to $75 million to Heitman America Real Estate Trust and up to $40 million to CBRE Strategic Partners U.S. Value Fund VI.
May 21, 2012 | 02:46 pm
Kentucky garners 3 midcap equity managers to run $545 million
Kentucky Retirement Systems hired Geneva Capital Management, Systematic Financial Management and Sasco Capital to manage a total of $545 million in active domestic midcap equity portfolios.