Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management board has hired Russell Implementation Services to manage portions of the foreign-exchange transactions.
Responding to accusations by state and federal officials of defrauding public pension funds of foreign exchange transactions, BNY Mellon is offering its clients an alternative pricing model.
Ohio's treasurer has asked the state's attorney general to look into the foreign currency exchange practices of the two largest US custodians -- State Street and BNY Mellon -- which oversee pension fund holdings.
MassPRIM’s board has approved a plan to choose its first 10 hedge fund managers who will manage roughly $500 million that had previously been allocated for hedge fund-of-funds.
The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has decided to embark on a comprehensive asset allocation review in an effort to better fund the $48.7 billion system, highlighting the need to change thinking, strategy, allocation, and management guidelines as circumstances change, the fund's spokesperson tells aiCIO.