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First-quarter net inflows into emerging markets hedge funds exceed previous two-year total by a wide marginEmerging markets hedge funds saw $1.82 billion of net asset inflows during the first quarter of 2013, according to data released Wednesday by Hedge Fund Research. The total for the quarter is 60% higher than the total amount of net inflows such funds had over the previous two years. Net inflows ...
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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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Plymouth County Retirement selects Lee Munder Capital for emerging markets equity
Plymouth County (Mass.) Retirement Association hired Lee Munder Capital Group to run an emerging markets equity strategy.
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Manulife recruits 2 emerging markets debt specialists from Federated
Roberto Sanchez-Dahl and Paolo H. Valle were named managing directors and senior portfolio managers of the $2.35 billion John Hancock Emerging Markets Debt strategy, at Manulife Asset Management.
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Cornwall County Council Pension Fund seeks frontier markets equity manager
Cornwall County Council Pension Fund, Truro, England, issued an RFP for a manager to run a £60 million ($93 million) global frontier markets equity portfolio.
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Chicago Policemen hires 2 for emerging markets equity, plans May bond searches
Chicago Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund hired Lazard Asset Management and EARNEST Partners to run a combined 6% of assets, or about $186 million, in emerging markets equity.
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Institutions continued shedding equity, fixed income in 2012Assets continued to flow out of tax-exempt equity and fixed-income products in 2012, while higher-yield-seeking strategies saw the bulk of inflows, according to the annual Style, Trends, Analysis and Research report from Callan Associates Inc.
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PennSERS picks 4 emerging markets equity managers
Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System, Harrisburg, hired four managers to run a total of $575 million in active emerging markets equities.
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Lauderhill Firefighters' Retirement seeks emerging markets equity manager
Lauderhill Firefighters' Retirement System, Palatka, Fla., is searching for an active emerging markets equity manager to run about $1 million.
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Fresno County Employees goes with PIMCO for emerging markets debt
Fresno County (Calif.) Employees' Retirement Association hired Pacific Investment Management Co. to run about $110 million in emerging markets debt local currency, confirmed Phillip Kapler, Fresno County's retirement administrator.
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Brockton Contributory looking for emerging markets debt manager
Brockton (Mass.) Contributory Retirement System is searching for an emerging markets debt local currency manager to run at least $10 million.
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L.A. Fire & Police aiming for emerging markets equity manager
Los Angeles Fire & Police Pension System is searching for a manager to run a $350 million active emerging markets equity strategy, said Tom Lopez, CIO for the $15.7 billion plan.
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N.J. Division of Investment ups active management in emerging markets equity
The New Jersey Division of Investment, Trenton, which manages investments for the $72.5 billion New Jersey Pension Fund, plans to transfer $1 billion from emerging markets exchange-traded funds to actively managed portfolios.
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Chicago Laborers pension fund picks UBS Global AM for emerging markets debt
Chicago Laborers' Annuity & Benefit Fund hired UBS Global Asset Management to run $32 million in local currency emerging markets debt.
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Colorado Fire & Police puts $106 million in AQR's Emerging Defensive Equity Fund
Colorado Fire & Police Pension Association hired AQR Capital Management to manage $106 million in its Emerging Defensive Equity Fund, an active, low-volatility emerging markets equity fund.
