Asset Study/Review
Mid-Atlantic Plan Tweaks A/A; Adds Commitments

Plan made asset allocation changes in an effort to move closer to its long-term policy and disclosed four commitments today.

06.23.22
Credit/Private Debt
Northwest Plan Approves Private Debt Search, New A/A

Plan is seeking private debt managers to each handle an up to $100 million mandate and approved new asset allocation policies last week.

06.23.22
Passive Fixed-Income
West Coast Plan Shakes Up Core Fixed-Income Portfolio

Plan terminated its passive fixed-income manager to improve historical risk-adjusted performance.

06.23.22
Small-Cap
Midwest Plan Hires U.S. Small-Cap Growth Mgr.

Plan added a $50 million U.S. small-cap growth equity mandate with an existing manager relationship this month.

06.22.22
Profiles
5 Questions With Sriram Lakshminarayanan, CIO of the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System

Sriram Lakshminarayanan was appointed cio of the $40.8 billion Iowa Public Employees Retirement System in January after serving as the plan’s chief risk officer since 2014. He took the time to answer 5 questions with FIN News.

06.22.22
Real Assets
Midwest Plan Slates Real Assets Equity Search; Shakes Up Domestic Equity Portfolio

Plan may conduct a non-core real assets manager search in the third quarter and recently simplified its domestic equity portfolio.

06.21.22
Juneteenth
DEI Metrics Increasing But Black Representation Lacks Growth, Transparency

Data around diversity within the investment industry is becoming increasingly available, however, specifics around Black representation are not often being broken out and figures that are available show relatively stagnant growth, according to a review of several reports issued this year.

06.20.22
Consultant/OCIO/Discretionary
Midwest County Retains Consultant

County will stick with the incumbent after receiving five proposals in response to an RFP for its 457(b) and 403(b) deferred compensation plans.

06.17.22
Credit/Private Debt
Calif. County Rejects Credit Fund Recommendation

Plan rejected the commitment after receiving additional information about the firm’s ongoing litigation yesterday.

06.17.22
Private Equity
Midwest Plan Discloses PE Commitments; Approves Pacing Plans

Plan disclosed commitments totaling $82 million and approved alternative investment pacing plans today.

06.16.22