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New Jersey plans searches in at least 4 asset classes
New Jersey Division of Investment, Trenton, plans to search in fiscal year 2014 for more high-yield, emerging markets, private equity and real estate managers, and possibly a hedge funds-of-funds manager focused on small global macro and managed futures managers.
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Ohio PERS commits to HgCapital private equity fund
Ohio Public Employees Retirement System committed $200 million to HgCapital 7.
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Pennsylvania Municipal looking for U.S. large-cap growth equity manager
Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System is searching for an active domestic large-cap growth equity manager to run about $120 million.
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University of Michigan picks Clifton Group for overlay, makes 2 alts commitments
University of Michigan hired the Clifton Group to provide a derivatives overlay strategy on the university's $8.4 billion long-term endowment pool and committed $36 million in two alternative investment strategies.
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New Jersey makes $801 million in alternative investments or commitments
New Jersey Division of Investment, Trenton, which manages investments for the $75.3 billion New Jersey Pension Fund, will invest or commit up to $801 million in five alternative investment funds.
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CalSTRS looking for real estate portfolio manager
California State Teachers' Retirement System is seeking a real estate portfolio manager, according to a posting on the $163.7 billion pension fund's website.
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LACERA picks Heitman, Clarion and Stockbridge for real estate
Los Angeles County Employees' Retirement Association, Pasadena, Calif., committed $200 million each to Heitman, Clarion Partners and Stockbridge Capital Group for real estate separate accounts, said John McClelland, principal investment officer-real estate at the $41.7 billion pension fund, in an
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Oklahoma Police Pension commits $20 million to Cerberus fund
Oklahoma Police Pension & Retirement System, Oklahoma City, committed $20 million to Cerberus Institutional Real Estate Partners III.
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ING not a bellwether for asset manager IPOsMoney manager IPO activity should be strong this year, despite the pricing of the May 2 ING U.S. initial public offering below its initial range.
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$9 trillion market not many institutions know aboutPending Basel III regulations could move trade finance and its $9 trillion market into the sights of institutional investors.
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PineBridge Investments adds CIO for Middle East, North Africa and Turkey
Wael Aburida has joined PineBridge Investments as chief investment officer, leading its Middle East, North Africa and Turkey team.
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Holyoke Retirement System on lookout for private equity manager
Holyoke (Mass.) Retirement System issued an RFP for a private equity firm to manage $8 million to $12 million.
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Illinois SURS searching for general, real estate investment consultants
Illinois State Universities Retirement System issued an RFP for general investment and real estate consulting services for its $14.9 billion defined benefit plan and $1.2 billion 401(a) plan.
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Managed futures funds gain 3.5% in April, lead all hedge fund strategies year to date through AprilIndex data released Wednesday show managed futures funds rose 3.5% during the month - the most of any substrategy in the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund index. Year to date, managed futures funds are up 7.29%, 87 basis points higher than long/short equity funds and 107 basis points higher than
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Seattle City Employees selects AEW, Heitman for core real estate
Seattle City Employees' Retirement System hired AEW Capital Management and Heitman to manage core real estate strategies,
