Passive Equity

Trends
2020 Traditional Investments Outlook

Expectations for the equity and bond markets in 2020 continue to be cautiously optimistic after a 2019 market that left bearish investors wishing they had kicked that sentiment down the road a year or two.

While many do not expect the market to perform in 2020 quite like it did in 2019, nonprofit investors are still not expecting their real spending targets to come under heavy pressure in the near-term as they gauge the economic cycle and its ability to sustain its growth trajectory.

01.02.20
Domestic Equity
Midwest Plan Makes U.S. Small-Cap Growth, Value Hires

A Midwestern pension plan approved U.S. small-cap equity manager hires last month.

12.12.19
Passive Equity
Northeast Plan To Issue Passive Large-Cap Equity RFPs

A pension fund in the Northeast will issue RFPs for passive large-cap equity managers in 2020.

12.04.19
Passive Equity
Western DC Plan Goes Passive In U.S. Equity Mgr. Search

A Western deferred compensation plan hired a passive domestic mid-cap growth equity manager last month.

12.04.19
Small-Cap
West Coast Plan Discloses Manager Hires, Terminations

A west coast pension fund disclosed two manager hires and three terminations this week.

11.27.19
Passive Equity
Southwest Plan Liquidates Enhanced Index Mandate

A Southwestern pension plan liquidated an enhanced index mandate this week.

11.21.19
Passive Equity
Northeast Plan Issues Index Manager RFP

A city retirement system in the Northeast has begun a search for a passive index manager.

11.13.19
Small-Cap
Great Lakes Plan Concludes Small-Cap Core Search

A Great Lakes region pension plan made a hire in its domestic small-cap core equity manager search.

11.05.19
Domestic Equity
Midwest Plan Launches Active, Passive Smid-Cap Value Searches

A Midwestern pension plan has issued separate RFPs for active and passive domestic small- to mid-cap value equity managers.

11.05.19
Domestic Equity
Midwest Police Plan Revamps Large-Cap Portfolio

A Midwestern police pension plan shifted its domestic equity portfolio toward passive investing last quarter.

11.04.19