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Time For DB Plans To Reevaluate Their Risks: Willis Towers Watson

New research finds defined benefit plans will need to reevaluate their risks in 2020 to get back on track with their investment goals.

12.09.19
Industry News
1251 Capital Group & Mgmt. To Acquire Ziegler Capital Mgmt. From Stifel Financial

1251 Capital Group has partnered with the management team of Ziegler Capital Management’s to acquire the asset management boutique from parent company Stifel Financial Corp., the firm announced today.

12.09.19
In The News
Prescott Group Announces Closing Of Prescott Strategies Fund I

The fund closed with a total commitment of $63.4 million and will invest in real estate-related debt and equity positions.

12.09.19
Industry News
First Eagle To Acquire THL Credit

First Eagle Investment Management has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire alternative credit manager THL Credit Advisors.

12.09.19
Multi-Asset/Investment Advisor
Northeast 457 Plan Seeking Investment Advisor, Administrator

A deferred compensation plan in the Northeast has issued an RFP for an investment advisor and administrator.

12.09.19
Alternatives
Northeast Plan Approves Private Commitments

A Northeast pension plan approved commitments at its board meeting last week.

12.09.19
Administrator - Bundled
West Coast City Seeking Record Keeper

A West Coast city is seeking administration and record keeping services.

12.09.19
Searches And Hires
Northeast Plan To Issue Private Equity, Real Estate Mgr. RFPs

A Northeast pension plan will issue RFPs for private equity and real estate managers.

12.09.19
Emerging/Diverse Managers
Southwest Plan Funds Emerging Markets Equity MoM Portfolio

A Southwestern pension plan funded a new emerging markets equity emerging manager-of-managers portfolio in October.

12.09.19
In The News
Paul A. Volcker, Fed Chairman Who Waged War on Inflation, Is Dead at 92

Paul A. Volcker, who helped shape American economic policy for more than six decades, most notably by leading the Federal Reserve’s brute-force campaign to subdue inflation in the late 1970s and early ’80s, died on Sunday in New York. He was 92.

12.09.19