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Real Estate Alternatives Private Equity
PennSERS Commits To Alts. Investments
The $35 billion Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System made several commitments to
01.24.08
People Moves
FAMCO Adds Institutional Marketing Director
John Gibas has been named institutional marketing director at Fiduciary Asset Management, parent
01.24.08
People Moves
DeAM Hires Quantitative Research Head; Adds 2 Researchers
Ramu Thiagarajan has been named head of the quantitative research center at Deutsche Bank Asset
01.24.08
Equity Non-U.S. & Global Equity
Calif. County Seeking Global Equity Manager
The $1.6 billion Sonoma County (Calif.) Employees Retirement System has approved a search for
01.23.08
Fixed-Income
Contra Costa Seeking Core-Plus Fixed-Income
The $5.2 billion Contra Costa County (Calif.) Retirement System has instructed its consultant to
01.23.08
Real Estate Hedge Funds Alternatives
OCERS Seeking Commingled Real Estate
The $8 billion Orange County (Calif.) Employees Retirement System has approved a search for two
01.23.08
Hedge Funds Alternatives Surveys/Studies
Richmond Terminates BGI; Makes Global Fixed-Income Hire
The $559 million Richmond (Va.) Retirement System has terminated Barclays Global Investors from a
01.23.08
People Moves
Pyramis President To Retire
Pyramis Global Advisors has announced the retirement of President Peter Smail, according to a news
01.23.08
Industry News
Index-Based Products Taking Away From Active Management: Study
Active investment managers stand to lose approximately $12 billion a year in potential management
01.23.08
Industry News
Q4 Drops 2007 Returns Into Single Digits: Northern Trust
A difficult fourth quarter left median 2007 returns for public and corporate pension funds at 8.5%
01.23.08