A Great Lakes-based pension plan has tabled ongoing discussions on an asset/allocation study and potential real estate opportunities.

Peter Mennie has been named global head of environmental, social and governance research and integration of public markets at Manulife Investment Management.

William Ledward, senior v.p. and portfolio manager for emerging market debt strategies at Franklin Templeton Investments, died on April 4.

A West Coast city has issued an investment consultant RFP.

There will be a lot of red numbers in upcoming quarterly investment reports for institutional investors. But for managers boasting (relatively) strong returns, how to spread the word at a time that many investors are dealing with not only declining assets but other immediate stresses in the portfolio and the workplace has become a quandary.

A Mid-Atlantic pension plan will conduct a search for its executive director and cio position over the next year.