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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
In The News
Hedge Fund Elliott Management Shifts To Elephant Hunting As Fund Size Balloons

Activist hedge fund Elliott Management is taking stakes in larger technology companies as its assets under management balloon to about $42 billion.

06.15.20
In The News
US Companies Vow To Fight Racism But Face Critics On Diversity

In the past, US corporations have largely remained silent as protests erupted over killings of African-Americans by police officers.

06.15.20
In The News
New York Hedge-Fund Traders Aim To Avoid City Tax By WFH

With their employees scattered around the region, many New York-based hedge funds are scrambling to find legal ways to avoid paying much of New York City’s 4% unincorporated business tax.

06.15.20
People Moves
Federated Hermes Appoints New Investment Director

Federated Hermes has appointed Anna Karim as an investment director in its fixed-income team.

06.12.20