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Santa Barbara Foundation Names New Leader
Ronald Gallo has been named president and ceo of the $300 million Santa Barbara Foundation,
10.30.08
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Maine Foundation Names New President
Meredith Jones has been named the next president and ceo of the Maine Community Foundation,
10.30.08
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Ford Foundation Names New Trustees
The $13.7 billion Ford Foundation elected Robert Kaplan and Peter Nadosy to its board of trustees,
10.30.08
Trends
Institutions Stay The Course In Perfect Storm
Simply put, the markets are a mess. Even billion-dollar endowment investment officers, lauded for
10.30.08
Domestic Equity Small-Cap Alternatives
San Jose Terminates Provident; Real Asset Discussions Slated For Nov.
The $2.3 billion San Jose (Calif.) Police & Fire Retirement Plan has terminated small-cap growth
10.29.08
Surveys/Studies Real Assets
San Antonio F&P Makes Allocation Changes
The $1.9 billion San Antonio Fire & Police Pension Fund has approved a new asset allocation that
10.29.08
Hedge Funds Alternatives Surveys/Studies
San Joaquin To Conduct Asset Allocation Modeling Before Investing In HFs
The $2.2 billion San Joaquin (Calif.) County Employees Retirement Association has decided to
10.29.08
Domestic Equity Real Estate
Wayne County Makes Large-Cap Hires
The $800 million Wayne County (Mich.) Employees Retirement System hired large-cap core equity
10.29.08
Real Estate
Pa. County Hires DWS
The $83 million Washington County (Pa.) Employees Retirement System hired DWS Investments to handle
10.29.08
People Moves
Idaho Names Executive Director
Don Drum, deputy director of the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho, has been named the
10.29.08