A recent study released by The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, titled Stability in Overall Pension Plan Funding Masks a Growing Divide—which looks at the funding ratios of state and local pension plans around the country—finds that the pension plans that ranked lowest in terms of funding status also reported the lowest returns on their …
The assets-to-liabilities funding ratio of the Kentucky Retirement System (KRS) in Frankfort fell to 12.9% on June 30, from 13.6% earlier, according to a report to the system’s board by the fund’s actuaries last week. Some at the fund expect the ratio to fall further before bottoming out. The pension fund had approximately $2 billion …
Robert “Vince” Smith, chief investment officer (CIO), of the $24 billion New Mexico State Investment Council (NMSIC), a permanent endowment for the state of New Mexico and the third largest domestic sovereign wealth fund in the U.S., is all about planning ahead. In a roundtable discussion at MarketsGroup’s Southwest Forum in New Mexico, in September, Smith said …
Elizabeth Burton was hired as chief investment officer by the $16.8 billion Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawaii (ERS) at the end of July 2018, and reported for her first day of work on October 1. Her first interview with the fund was in late spring, several months after former CIO Vijoy Chatterjy …
Over the next five years, institutional investors in alternative assets will be looking to increase their investments in separate accounts and co-investments at the expense of pooled or commingled structures, for reasons of greater control and potentially lower management fees, according to a report just published by research and data firm Preqin, titled The Future …
“Cybersecurity risk is now a board-level concern, and how companies both prepare and react – or don’t – can have long-term implications on share value,” Jennifer Peet, corporate governance director for the Office of Oregon Treasurer and the Oregon Public Employees’ Retirement Fund told IA’s Kaitlyn Mitchell. “Cybersecurity has been a growing concern for several …
The board of the $1.9 billion Colorado County Officials & Employees Retirement Association (CCOERA), in Littleton, has named Elizabeth Price as the Association’s new executive director (ED). The previous ED, Jacob Kuijper, retired in March. Marvin Tuttle has played the role of interim ED since. The fund’s ED is responsible for directing, managing, planning, preparing and …
The Frankfort, Ky.-based Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS), with $17.6 billion in assets under management, has embarked on an approximately $350 million strategic investment partnership with Barings, a global investment management firm, and Barings parent company, Mass Mutual, to launch the Barings Real Estate European Value Add I Fund. According to Andy Kiehl, director of real estate and real …
The Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System, with approximately $32 billion in assets under management, has commenced a search for high-yield fixed-income management services from one or more managers. The request for proposals (RFP) for the mandate is due November 6. The move comes despite the fund’s engagement during the summer of a consultant to assist …
Reginald D. Tucker, senior investment officer of opportunistic investments and absolute return strategies at the New York Common Retirement Fund (NYCRF) spoke with IA about the fund’s allocation to private debt, a fairly new asset class for the fund. Tucker gave details about the breakdown of the asset type in the fund’s opportunistic portfolio, the returns it …
