Alternatives

Hedge Funds
Palm Beach Terminates Hedge Fund-of-Funds; Switches S&P 500 Manager

A Florida plan has terminated its hedge fund-of-funds manager and switched index funds.

08.23.19
Hedge Funds
Texas University Considering Manager Redemptions; Committing To PE Firms

A Texas-based university will consider full redemptions from a hedged equity and real assets manager today.

08.22.19
Alternatives
Mass. Plan Names 3 Private Equity Finalists

A Mass. pension fund has selected three firms in its secondary private equity manager search.

08.20.19
Asset Study/Review
West Coast Health Care Trust To Consider Illiquid Asset Classes

A health care trust on the West Coast will receive a new asset allocation recommendation with maiden allocations to private equity, real estate, global macro, TIPS and government bonds.

08.16.19
Alternatives
West Coast Plan Hires 2 Private Credit Managers

West Coast transportation plan has hired two private credit managers to fill a maiden allocation to the asset class.

08.15.19
Alternatives
Mid-Atlantic Plan Commits To Alts.; Discloses Hires & Terminations

A Mid-Atlantic state retirement system has disclosed alternatives commitments and manager hires and terminations from recent months.

08.14.19
High-Yield
Western Plan Axes High-Yield Mgr.; Adds Private Commitments

A Western pension plan terminated a high-yield fixed-income manager last quarter and added several private commitments.

08.14.19
Passive Equity
Mid-Atlantic Plan Approves PE Commitments

A county pension fund in the Mid-Atlantic region approved private equity commitments as part of a pacing schedule that will continue to seek special situations and credit opportunity strategies.

08.14.19
Alternatives
Northeast Plan Approves New Commitments

A Northeast pension plan approved up to $1 billion in new commitments at a meeting last week.

08.12.19
Alternatives
New England Plan Nears Bank Loan Hires; Concludes Infrastructure Search

A pension fund in New England has selected finalists in its bank loan manager search and concluded its search for infrastructure managers.

08.08.19