David Holmgren, CIO of Hartford HealthCare, a hospital fund with $3.3 billion in assets under management, paid a visit to Markets Group’s New York City headquarters just prior to the Thanksgiving break and chatted with Institutional Allocator Reporter Kaitlyn Mitchell. Holmgren opined on the passive versus active debate, international politics and his work-life-balance as a …
The Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS) with $153 billion in assets under management, unveiled the latest updates to its “Fleet” strategy—a term the system uses to describe its strategy of consolidating funds and its addition of staff, in order to save on fees over time—at its Board meeting last week. The idea behind the …
Conservative investments paired with choice alternatives have sustained not-for profit Hartford HealthCare’s $3.3 billion hospital fund through market swings over the past eight years, according to Chief Investment Officer David Holmgren. The endowment currently invests around 10% of its portfolio in private equity (PE), while its direct peers invest roughly 30% in the asset class, Holmgren told Institutional Allocator. “We …
The $8.5 billion Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System (MOSERS) has issued a request for proposals seeking a specialty consultant for illiquid alternatives. The system’s current allocation to illiquid alternatives is approximately 25% of assets, or about $2 billion, according to MOSERS’ CIO Seth Kelly. MOSERS hired a Board Investment Consultant, Verus, to fill the general …
Mercer has tapped Matt McDaniel to lead the firm’s Financial Strategy Group (FSG) in the U.S. In addition, Jay Dinunzio has been recruited to the FSG team as a principal from Aon, a national retirement consulting firm. McDaniel leads an integrated team of professionals spanning investments, actuarial, and insurance solutions. FSG works with pension plans …
Northern Trust is taking a minority stake in Parilux Investment Technology, representing a key step in the development of its Front Office Solutions business, which the bank is constructing to deliver operational and technology services to in-house institutional investment teams. The business is focused on supporting the investment teams of endowments, foundations, corporations, family offices and …
This week, IA spoke with Jim Schnorf, one of seven investment professionals and two ex-officio members who make up the investment committee of the Eastern Illinois University Foundation (the Foundation), about the trend towards endowments and foundations making larger equity allocations in their portfolios, the value of hiring an active manager, and the Foundation’s considerable allocation …
Allianz Global Investors’ “Best Styles” equities group has existed for 20 years, but has been seeing heightened institutional investor attention recently around its multi-factor management strategy for clients ranging from mega pension funds to insurance companies. The team differentiates itself from other managers with comprehensive risk management that it claims produces stable returns, rather than …
The investment data and transparency demands of some institutional investors, and their drive to reduce asset management costs, have had a “transformative” effect on technology development in the investment industry, since the financial crisis, according to investment consultants and tech-sector specialists. They caution, however, that to optimize how they adopt or use these new tools, institutions …
Northern Trust has named Dan Houlihan as head of asset servicing, Americas, a newly-created position responsible for delivering the full range of front, middle and back office services to both asset owners and asset managers across the region. In his new role, Houlihan will lead Northern Trust’s business servicing institutional investors across the Americas, including corporations, …
