Alternatives

Hedge Funds
Northeast Plan Begins Hedge Fund Partner Search

A pension fund in the Northeast has begun its search for a hedge fund manager partner

08.31.20
Consultant/OCIO/Discretionary
Mid-Atlantic Plan Approves Alts. Consultant RFP; Names CIO

A pension fund in the Mid-Atlantic region has approved an alternatives consultant RFP and named a new cio.

08.28.20
Alternatives
Florida Plan Makes Liquid Absolute Return Bond Hire

A general employees plan has hired a liquid absolute return fixed-income manager to handle $60 million.

08.28.20
Credit/Private Debt
Great Lakes Plan Adds Distressed Debt Commitments

A Great Lakes-based pension plan made $8 million in distressed debt commitments last month.

08.28.20
Private Equity
Northeast Plan Bolsters Private Equity Portfolio

A Northeastern pension plan approved a private equity commitment at a meeting today.

08.27.20
Daily Feed
Calif. County Watching Int’l Small-Cap Manager

A county pension fund in California is watching its international small-cap equity manager following a key personnel departure.

08.27.20
Alternatives
Great Plains Fund To Consider PE Manager

A fund based in the Great Plains region will consider hiring a private equity manager at its board meeting today.

08.27.20
Emerging/Diverse Managers
Nonprofit Asset Manager Reopens Diverse Manager Portal

A nonprofit asset manager has reopened its online diverse manager portal to receive due diligence materials from women and minority managers on a permanent basis this week.

08.27.20
Fixed-Income
Midwest State Plan Makes Fixed-Income, Global Equity Mgr. Hires 

A Midwestern state plan has hired multiple managers in the traditional fixed-income and equity and private markets asset classes.

08.26.20
Large-Cap
Florida Police Plan Terminates Active Large-Cap Managers; To Consider Private Equity

A Florida pension plan terminated its active large-cap growth and value managers at today’s board meeting and will discuss adding private equity to its allocation in November.

08.25.20