NJ Approves Increase in Alternative Investments
May 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Jersey State Investment Council voted to increase how much the state’s pension system...
Tag: Alternative Investments
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Northern Trust Launches Hedge Fund Services Biz with Acquisition
May 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has reached an agreement to acquire hedge fund administrator Omnium...
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Janus Rolls Out Real Return Allocation Fund
May 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Janus Capital Group Inc. has announced the launch of Janus Real Return...
Manager Returns to Janus to Lead Alternatives Expansion
May 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Janus Capital Group Inc. announced that investment manager Dan Kozlowski, a former Janus portfolio manager,...
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Orinda Asset Management Launches Multi-Manager Hedged Equity Mutual Fund
May 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Orinda Asset Management LLC, an independent, privately-held asset management firm, has announced...
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Morningstar Introduces New Categories for Alternatives
May 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. has added 10 new alternative investment categories within the Morningstar Category classification system.
CalPERS Makes Investment, Takes Stake in Emerging Managers
April 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has committed a total of...
Pension Plan Participant Sues over Alternative Investments
April 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recently filed lawsuit claims that Weyerhaeuser Company, its investment managers, and other fiduciaries to...
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Dow Jones Partners on New Index Family
April 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Index provider Dow Jones Indexes has announced the development of a new...
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Maryland State Retirement Agency Seeks Adviser
April 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Maryland State Retirement Agency has issued a Request for Information (RFI)...
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Barclays Introduces Commodities ETNs
April 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Bank PLC announced that 18 new commodities iPath Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) linked to...
Chandler Assumes Global Real Estate Role for BlackRock
April 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – BlackRock announced that Jack Chandler will join the company as Global Head of Real Estate.
Boomers and Advisers Show Interest in Non-Traditional Investments
April 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Both Baby Boomers and financial advisers remain concerned about market volatility in retirement accounts, a...
Russell Expands Hedge Fund Team
April 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments is expanding its hedge fund team with the addition of Brian Burke as...
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Pension Asset Managers Create Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark
March 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Eleven of the world’s largest pension asset managers, representing $1.4 trillion in assets under management,...
“Special Review” Outlines Private Placement Problems at CalPERS
March 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The nation’s largest public pension plan has published the results of an...
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Hedge Fund Ethics Hotline Available
March 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate Resolutions Inc., a worldwide business investigations and consulting firm, announces its Ethics Hotline is...
Forward Announces Hire to Lead Alternative Investment Expansion
March 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forward Management, LLC has announced an initiative to accelerate the firm’s development of alternative investment...
REITs Strongly Outperform the Broader Market
March 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. REIT market significantly outperformed the S&P 500 through February, according to NAREIT’s March...
SIFMA Cautions on Proposed Swap Rule Changes
February 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A trade group has weighed in with concerns about proposed changes in...