The five New York City pension funds called on Alphabet Inc., Facebook Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Starbucks Corp. and 12 other companies to disclose details about their supplier diversity programs, said a news release Thursday from Scott M. Stringer, New York City comptroller who oversees the assets of the pension funds.

University of Iowa Foundation's investments lost 1.8% in the fiscal year ended June 30.

Illinois State Board of Investment named finalists in its private equity consultant and other searches.

Catholic archdioceses and dioceses across the country have set up 143 legally separate foundations whose combined assets total $4.6 billion, a fast-growing group of asset owners, many of them with little transparency, underserved and ripe for outreach for investment management services.

Pension funds and investment consultants are taking a measured approach following Sunday's Greek referendum vote against austerity plans.

Ann Yerger resigned as executive director of the Council of Institutional Investors, effective July 3.

The executive committee of the Illinois State Universities Retirement System board of trustees hired The Hollins Group to assist in a national search for candidates for executive director.

Florida State Board of Administration, Tallahassee, sold its stakes in eight limited partnerships in which it invested a combined €314.8 million ($401.5 million) in European private equity, John Kuczwanski, FSBA communications manager, said in an e-mailed response to questions.

Florida State Board of Administration, Tallahassee, is pulling much of the $3 billion managed by Pacific Investment Management Co. in three portfolios.

Hewlett-Packard Inc.'s plan to split into two companies will affect its $45.4 billion in combined worldwide defined benefit and defined contribution assets.

Florida State Board of Administration, Tallahassee, placed three active U.S. equity managers running $1.5 billion on watch, while it removed two managers running $3.9 billion from watch, said a report for the FSBA.

Iowa Board of Regents hired Neuberger Berman to manage $35 million in high-yield fixed income for the University of Iowa and Iowa State University tax-exempt operating and longer-term funds.

Iowa Municipal Fire & Police Retirement System, West Des Moines, named Dodge & Cox, MacKay Shields, J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Pyramis Global Advisors as finalists

A commuter tax enacted by Scranton, Pa., and earmarked for the city's three retirement plans will raise a projected $5.1 million annually and “chip away” at the city's $150.2 million in unfunded pension liabilities.

Chicago Public School Teachers' Pension & Retirement Fund restructured its REIT managers and allocation, boosting Adelante Capital Management's allocation and terminating Morgan Stanley.

Public retirement systems should use a forward-looking rate to discount pension liabilities rather than actual plan returns, according to a report issued by an independent panel commissioned by the Society of Actuaries.

The $25.1 billion Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System rejected a proposal to move to a risk parity whole-portfolio approach that would have leveraged government bonds by $15 billion because of fear that rising interest rates would pummel returns in the near future.

Jane A. Western, managing director, risk management and trust operations at Boeing Co., was named “trailblazer of the year” by Women Investment Professionals.