Real Assets

Alternatives
Midwestern University Focuses On Illiquid Asset Classes

A university in the Midwest is seeking investments in illiquid asset classes.

01.29.20
Alternatives
Midwest Health Care Plan Slates Finalist Interviews

A Midwestern health care plan will interview global infrastructure, value-add real estate and volatility risk premium manager finalists at next month’s investment committee meeting.

01.24.20
Real Assets
Northeast Plan Begins Timber/Farmland Search

A Northeast pension fund is searching for a manager to handle a blended timber and farmland mandate.

01.23.20
Alternatives
Midwest Plan Approves Alts. Pacing Plans

A Midwestern pension plan has approved tactical pacing plans for its private markets, real estate and real assets portfolios.

01.23.20
Real Assets
Southwest Plan Launches Global Infrastructure, Value-Add Real Estate RFPs

A Southwestern pension plan has begun its searches for global listed infrastructure and value-add real estate managers.

01.22.20
Real Assets
Southern University Adds Real Assets Manager

A Southern university hired a new public real assets manager in the second quarter of 2019.

01.22.20
Infrastructure
Florida Plan Makes Infrastructure Manager Hire

A Florida firefighters pension plan hired its first infrastructure manager at a meeting today.

01.22.20
Alternatives
Midwest Plan Approves Private Equity, Infrastructure Pacing Plans, Searches

A Midwestern pension plan will conduct searches for private equity and infrastructure managers as part of pacing plans approved at yesterday’s board meeting.

01.17.20
Surveys/Studies
No Visible Evidence Fossil Fuel Divestment Hurts Endowment Performance: Report

The assumption that divestment can hurt the total return of an endowment is based on speculation, according to CJ Ryan, co-author of a recent research paper that found no discernible evidence that divestment of fossil fuels can negatively impact the total return of an endowment’s portfolio.

01.16.20
Real Assets
Southwest Plan Discloses Real Estate, Infrastructure Commitments

A Southwestern pension plan has disclosed recent real estate and infrastructure commitments.

01.13.20