Newsmakers
Diversity and ESG Improve at PE and Credit Firms, Survey Says
But they still have a long way to go, with women making up just a quarter of investment teams, PineBridge poll finds.
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Asset Allocation
How Private Equity Can Ride Out the Rough Patch
PitchBook has some ideas for deploying all that dry powder, to take advantage of bargains.
Manager Selection
NYC’s Comptroller Is Launching an Internal Review Following Former CIO’s Move to Asset Manager
Alex Doñé must wait at least a year after leaving before he can pitch former colleagues.
Manager Selection
Alex Doñé, Former NYCRS CIO, Joins Platinum Equity as Managing Director
Doñé left NYCRS after two years as their CIO.
Asset Allocation
TEXPERS Members’ Asset Shift Contradicts Conventional Wisdom
With rising rates and inflation, adding fixed income while reducing alts is the opposite of what most pensions are doing.
Newsmakers
New York Common Retirement Fund Invests Over $2.7 Billion in March
Pension giant commits nearly $1.2 billion in credit investments and $1 billion in private equity funds.
Newsmakers
CalPERS to Increase External Management Budget by $145.6 Million
Most of the new fees will be allocated to private equity and real estate.
Asset Allocation
NY State Pension Commits Over $2 Billion for Private Equity, Real Estate
The Common Retirement Fund also earmarks investments in absolute return and credit.
Asset Allocation
Maine Pension Plan Eyes Asset Allocation Shift
The proposal’s aim is to reduce risk and enhance income, report to trustees says.
Asset Allocation
New York State Pension Invests Over $2.6 Billion in Alts in December
The Common Retirement Fund allocates nearly half of the month’s commitments to real estate investments.
Asset Allocation
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Earns 11.28% in 2021
Canadian pension plan tops benchmark as asset value grows to C$114.4 billion.
Asset Allocation
Ohio Teachers’ Pension Increases Alts and Fixed Income Targets, Decreases Public Equities
The pension was also able to implement a cost-of-living adjustment thanks to high returns this past year.
Asset Allocation
NYC Comptroller Changes Tune on Pension Funds’ Alt Holdings
Brad Lander wants the city’s pension funds to be able to invest more in alternative assets. Last year he called some of them ‘risky and speculative.’
Newsmakers
Private Equity Drove CalPERS’ Strong Q4 2021 Returns
The pension fund reported 1.2% returns over its benchmark for calendar year 2021.
Newsmakers
Notre Dame, USC Endowments Return 53.2%, 43.2% for 2021
Robust returns raise the asset values for Notre Dame and USC’s endowments to $20.3 billion and $8 billion, respectively.