Manager Selection
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Seeks Real Estate Managers
The IMRF aims to commit at least $50 million to residential property strategies.
Tag: Real Assets
Asset Allocation
AustralianSuper Takes $1.5B Equity Stakes in DataBank
The Dallas-based data center company raised about $2 billion to fund its expansion plans that include three new facilities.
Pensions
NY State Pension Returns 11.55% in Fiscal 2024, Dumps Another Stock Fund
The $267.7 billion pension giant cashed out of $3.8 billion worth of equity investments in March and April alone.
Manager Selection
Iowa Pension Recommends 9 New Managers for Real Assets Portfolio
IPERS plans to make $500 million in real assets commitments in 2024.
Asset Allocation
New York State Pension Cashes Out of $1.9 Billion Public Equity Fund
The $260 billion pension giant also allocated $1.6 billion across a variety of investments in March.
Asset Allocation
Equity Gains Buoy Ohio School Employees’ 7.4% Return in Fiscal 2023
The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio topped its benchmark and raised its asset value to $17.8 billion.
Asset Allocation
Public Equities Drag Orange County Pension Investments 7.8% Lower in 2022
The portfolio’s market value dropped by more than $2 billion last year to $20.2 billion.
Asset Allocation
New York State Common Retirement Fund Invests More Than $3B in May
Notable among the pension giant’s outlays was a $1 billion investment in a fund managed by Khosla Ventures.
Asset Allocation
Public Equities Drive CalPERS’ 3.2% Q1 Return
The pension giant’s portfolio rose to $452.6 billion, but missed its benchmark by more than 100 basis points.
Newsmakers
Former Aramco Alts Head Joins CalPERS as Private Markets DCIO
Daniel Booth will oversee the $442.6 billion pension fund’s private equity, real assets and private debt.
Manager Selection
CPPIB Names Jon Webster COO
Canadian pension giant also taps Maximilian Biagosch as global head of real assets.
Pensions
New York Common Retirement Fund Cuts Public Equities in Favor of Alts
The $242 billion pension giant reported a robust 4.51% investment return in Q3 of its fiscal year.
Newsmakers
LACERA Issues RFP for System’s Real Assets Emerging Manager Program
The $67.6 billion pension system is seeking a discretionary separate account manager to implement the Real Assets Emerging Manager Program.
Newsmakers
Hawaii ERS Names Kristin Varela as New CIO
Coming from New Mexico’s PERA, where she was deputy, the new chief replaces Elizabeth Burton.
Asset Allocation
Illinois Teachers Pension Invests Nearly $1.5 Billion in Alts
Retirement system’s funded level rises 1.3% in fiscal 2022 despite investment loss.