Farouki Majeed, chief investment officer of the School Employees Retirement System of Ohio (OHSERS), has been heading the investment team there for close to seven years. His route to that role has been a long one, including stints in Sri Lanka, Abu Dhabi, Minneapolis and Sacramento. In an interview with Institutional Allocator, Majeed shared his …
For our second video series installment, Managing Editor Leslie Kramer sat down with Pentegra Retirement Services‘ CIO Scott Stone at Markets Group’s Tri-State Institutional Forum in New York to discuss what he sees as the crisis of unfunded liabilities at pension funds around the country. This is part one of a five-part series.
The Greenwood Village, Colo.-based Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado (FPPA) is entering the final stages of an approximately year-long effort to change aspects of its asset allocation and by so doing begin a multi-year process to de-risk approximately one-quarter of its overall investment portfolio, or $1.3 billion. The fund anticipates beginning the implementation of the project …
What are the interesting trends in 2019? What does the future of private equity investment hold? Where are returns to be found at the close of a bull market? And where does the search begin for strategies that can provide solid returns while delivering protection across asset classes? These were just some of the questions …
The Investment Advisory Council of the Minnesota State Board of Investment (MSBI) has given the thumbs up to a staff recommendation that MSBI make commitments to eight private equity funds, totaling approximately $1 billion. At a May 20 meeting, the Investment Advisory Council, which provides advice to the $96 billion MSBI and its Executive Director, …
The Virginia Retirement System (VRS) in Richmond has since February terminated asset managers handling accounts within its credit-strategies program, and committed assets to two new managers, amounting to $1.4 billion in transactions. The hires and fires we reported to the fund’s board at its May 13 meeting. “The hiring and terminations presented…were not related to …
A whopping 94% of responders to a new survey released by Dublin-based KBI Global Investors (KBIGI) say they are looking to increase their allocation to impact over the next one to three years. The survey found that 78% of respondents are currently investing in the impact investment space, with 21% investing through public equity, 21% …
U.S. SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment has released the third installment of its three-part report on sustainable investing titled: Moving Forward with Sustainable Investing: A Roadmap for Asset Owners. The report outlines the basics of sustainable investing and provides guidelines to help highlight best practices that investors can be proactive about implementing …
Managing Editor Leslie Kramer sat down with Segal Marco Advisors CIO Tim Barron at Markets Group’s recent Tri-State Institutional Forum in New York to discuss how changing demographics (retiring Baby Boomers) may impact retirement savings management; how to assess if an incoming asset management team is as good as a retiring, senior team; and will …
Managing Editor Leslie Kramer sat down with Segal Marco Advisors CIO Tim Barron at Markets Group’s recent Tri-State Institutional Forum in New York to discuss how changing demographics (retiring Baby Boomers) may impact retirement savings management; how to assess if an incoming asset management team is as good as a retiring, senior team; and will …
