Newsmakers
PSERS Considers Suing Aon for Miscalculating Returns
The pension fund has hired law firm Blank Rome to look into potential litigation.
Tag: PSERS
Manager Selection
CIO of New Jersey Police and Fire Pension Resigns
The resignation follows an ethics probe into his behavior at a previous pension fund.
Risk
New York Common, NYCERS, and Penn SERS to Divest Russian Investments
The public pension funds join a growing number of institutional investors pulling their money out of Russia.
Newsmakers
PSERS Internal Investigation Into Miscalculated Returns Released
Critical pieces of information still remain missing.
Newsmakers
PSERS Delays Turning Over Investigation Results
Board members were warned that the results of the report could be damaging to their reputations, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Newsmakers
This Local Pennsylvania Police Pension Fund Is About to Run Out of Benefits. How Did That Happen?
The pension board is accused of opening the doors for pension spiking.
Newsmakers
Penn SERS Changes Its Travel Rules to Prevent Excessive Spending by Staff
Ambiguities in travel policies have caused issues at other Pennsylvania funds.
Manager Selection
CIO, Executive Director Resign From Embattled Pennsylvania PSERS
Jim Grossman will stay on until May, while Glen Grell will leave at the end of February.
Regulation
SEC Reportedly Subpoenas PSERS Over Alleged Compensation, Gifts
The regulator is also seeking information on a financial misstatement from 2020 that triggered a contribution increase.
Asset Management Culture
PSERS Trustees Yank Their Request to Oust Executive Director, CIO
Board members at the beleaguered pension fund withdrew their call for a vote of termination at Friday’s meeting.
Asset Management Culture
Six Pennsylvania PSERS Trustees Seek Termination of Executive Director, CIO
The board members are asking that a vote of no confidence be called at Friday’s pension board meeting.
Pensions
FBI Said to Seek Evidence of Kickbacks, Bribery at Pennsylvania PSERS
State’s largest pension fund has reportedly spent over $1 million for reporting error damage control.
Asset Allocation
Leon Black: A Career-Making 1990 Call and a Career-Ending One in the 2010s
He owes Apollo’s boffo start to the killing he made on an insurer’s then-skanky high-yield bonds. Then came Epstein.
Pensions
Pennsylvania Teachers’ Pension Sheds $2 Billion in Risky Investments
Move receives praise from State Treasurer Joe Torsella.
Asset Management Culture
Pennsylvania Fund Debates How Best to Invest in Today’s Environment
Low stock valuations and bond yields leave PSERS questioning next moves.