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Calif. Plan Closing In On New Executive Director

A California pension plan is reviewing candidates in its ongoing executive director search and hopes to make a hire later this quarter.

04.20.20
People Moves
CalPERS Names Investment Committee Chair

Theresa Taylor has been elected the new chair of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s investment committee.

04.20.20
Searches And Hires
Midwest Plan To Issue Opportunistic Credit RFP

A Midwestern pension plan will issue an RFP seeking a firm to take advantage of the credit dislocation in the market.

04.20.20
Multi-Asset/Investment Advisor
Northeast Township To Hear Investment Consultant Recommendation

A Northeast township will hear investment consultant presentations and a recommendation in its search this week.

04.20.20
Searches And Hires Consultant/OCIO/Discretionary
Ohio Plan To Issue Consultant RFP In Fall

An Ohio-based fund expects to issue a general investment consultant RFP later this year due to the contract expiration of its incumbent.

04.20.20
Searches And Hires
Canadian Foundation Searching For Outsourced CIO

A Canadian foundation has issued an RFP seeking an outsourced cio for a new government-funded investment pool.

04.20.20
Searches And Hires
Midwestern College System Issues Discretionary Investment Advisor RFP

A college system based in the Midwest has issued an RFP seeking a discretionary investment advisor.

04.20.20
In The News
Updata Partners Closes $308 Million Software Growth Equity Fund

The firm’s sixth fund continues strategy of backing high momentum companies outside of Silicon Valley.

04.20.20
In The News
Big Investors Warn Companies Against Backtrack On Climate Change

Big investors have urged companies to maintain their focus on reducing carbon emissions, even as businesses grapple with the economic fallout of coronavirus.

04.20.20
In The News
CalPERS Unwound Hedges Just Before March’s Epic Stock Selloff

Some board members were taken by surprise, but pension’s chief investment officer says ‘we would make the exact same decision’ in hindsight.

04.18.20