Domestic Equity

Large-Cap
New England Plan Makes Large-Cap Value Hire

A pension fund in New England made a domestic large-cap value equity hire at a special board meeting today.

10.08.20
Domestic Equity
Northwest Plan Hires U.S. Small-Cap Equity Mgr.

A Northwestern pension plan hired a domestic small-cap value equity manager to replace its terminated mandate with Frontegra Asset Management at yesterday’s board meeting.

10.08.20
Mid-Cap
Northeast Plan Begins Mid-Cap Search

The search is being conducted for due diligence purposes and the incumbent manager is currently on watch.

10.08.20
Announcements
Endowments’ Countercyclical Approach Boosts Endowment Returns: Report

Endowments typically invest countercyclically by decreasing active risky allocations during the run-up to a crisis, such as the Global Financial Crisis, and then increasing these allocations as risky asset prices fall following the start of a crisis, new research shows.

10.08.20
Hedge Funds
Eastern Plan Discloses Hedge Fund & Alt. Risk Premia Commitments

An Eastern state plan disclosed several commitments as part of its initial allocation to alternative risk premia.

10.02.20
Emerging/Diverse Managers
Southwest Plan Hires Emerging Managers

A Southwestern pension plan approved a pair of domestic large-cap growth equity emerging manager investments this week.

10.02.20
Alternatives
Western Fund Increases Targets To Global Equity, Private Investments As Part Of AA Changes

A Western fund will focus on building out its global equity allocation after increasing it alongside its private investment allocation last week.

10.01.20
Announcements
Private, Community Foundations Produce Best Returns Since 2009: Study

Private and community foundations posted their best returns of the decade in 2019, a year in which “just about everything worked,” according to a new study.

10.01.20
Consultant/OCIO/Discretionary
Western Foundation Exits Small-Cap Growth Investment

A foundation based in the West liquidated an investment with a domestic small-cap equity manager in advance of the firm’s closure.

10.01.20
Equity
Midwest Foundation Shuffles Active Equity Managers

A foundation based in the Midwest has replaced several of its active equity managers in anticipation of market volatility.

10.01.20