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Administrator/Record Keeper
Texas 457 Plan Posts Consultant/Administrator RFP

A Texas-based 457 deferred compensation plan has issued an RFP for plan administrative, investment management and employee education services.

06.15.20
Equity
West Coast Deferred Comp Plan Puts 3 Funds On Watch

A West Coast deferred compensation plan placed three funds on watch at a meeting today.

06.15.20
People Moves
New Value Investment Snags RWC COO

Investment boutique New Value Investment has appointed Paul Larché as director and coo.

06.15.20
Real Assets
Florida Plan To Discuss Global Infrastructure Managers

A Florida general employees pension fund will discuss two global infrastructure managers at its July board meeting after opting to move out of Master Limited Partnerships at its meeting today.

06.15.20
Small-Cap
Windy City Plan Funds Small-Cap Core Mandate

A Windy City pension plan funded a new domestic small-cap core equity investment last quarter.

06.15.20
Consultant/OCIO/Discretionary
Northeast Plan Selects HF, Private Credit Consultant

A Northeastern pension plan hired a hedge fund and private credit consultant last week.

06.15.20
In The News
From The Archives: Are Consultants Hampering Active Management?

Probably much less than the managers themselves believe.

06.15.20
In The News
When Asset Mismanagement Puts Pensions At Risk: The Case Of The Multiemployer Musicians’ Plan

Last week, I wrote about a newly-handed-down Supreme Court ruling that determined that, in a case where pension plan participants were not actually harmed, they could not sue their former employer for mismanaging their pension.

06.15.20
In The News
Private Equity Isn’t What Retirement Savers Need

At a time of considerable financial turbulence, the Trump administration is edging ever closer toward allowing individual investors access to private equity funds through their retirement accounts.

06.15.20
In The News
Private Equity Barons Grow Rich On $230bn Of Performance Fees

New analysis estimates performance of PE funds, net of fees, matches public equity markets.

06.15.20