The investment team of the $97 billion Teachers’ Retirement System of Texas will request the removal of sunset clauses on its use of external managers and derivatives, or at least increase the maximum limit on external managers from 30 to 50 per cent of the fund, at a legislative hearing in August.
….as TRS reports its largest ever return
An overweight position to global equities and credit has contributed to the Teachers’ Retirement System of Texas recording its best ever investment return: 35 per cent for the year to March 2010.
“Korrupter” boss arrested at Swiss BVK fund
The chief investment officer for the Swiss Government’s Zurich cantonal pension fund, BVK, has been dismissed following his arrest on various “corruption” charges.
North Carolina in need of ALM study, staff
The North Carolina Retirement System is in need of a formal asset liability study and is fundamentally understaffed, according to an independent review by Ennis Knupp commissioned by the State Treasurer.
CalPERS internal team rivals external providers
Following a restructure of the team along functional lines, the CalPERS internal passive equity team is now able to handle any risk or complexity in the portfolio at least as well as any external manager, according to a review by its consultant Wilshire, although some extra coding of the Charles River system for compliance purposes is recommended.
Ghana wins Equity World Cup
The S&P Equity World Cup was simulated with data drawn from the S&P Global BMI, comprised of the S&P Developed BMI and the S&P Emerging BMI.
