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Presents information on the mandate of several pension trusts in the U.S. as of January 2004. Alexandria Police & Fire Retirement System; City of Brockton Contributory Retirement Plan; Fairfax County Educational Employees' Supplemental Retirement System; Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado; Los Angeles Water & Power Employees' Retirement Plan.

Presents information on the actuarial study being done by Barnstable County Retirement System that could result in changes to its pension plan according to Deborah Revoir, executive director of the Massachusetts plan. Role of Segal Advisor in the study; Amount of the international growth equity that the manager of Barnstable is looking for to oversee; Amount of the small-cap core equity mandate that would be handled by Wellington Management Company.

The article reports on the cancellation of an investment mandate between the San Bernardino County Employees' Retirement Association and BlueBay Asset Management following failures in contract negotiations. The pension fund tapped Prudential to replace BlueBay Asset Management. Remarks from the fund's chief investment officer Donald Pierce on the cancellation of the contract are presented.

The article reports on the recommendation by consultant Jeffrey MacLean of Wurts & Associates to the Fresno County Employees' Retirement Association to terminate its equity mandate with Winslow Capital Management. Winslow Capital was hired by the pension trust in 2010 to manage a mandate worth 155 million dollars. MacLean also recommended to seek replacement managers. The trust is scheduled to consider the recommendation at its board meeting on August 7, 2013.

The article reports that the Los Angeles County Employees' Retirement Association (LACERA) pension fund in California is looking for managers to run a corporate credit fixed-income mandate. According to LACERA, they are planning to hire three to four firms to handle about 200 million U.S. dollars each. The pension fund has also stated that it will start looking for securitized credit and non-U.S. bond managers in the latter part of 2013 and will issue 1.9 billion U.S. dollars to three mandates.

The aritcle reports on the 80-million-dollar local currency-denominated emerging market debt mandate awarded by the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System to Stone Harbor Investment Partners.

The article reports that a total of 13 searches were completed by pension funds for the 30 days ending May 15, 2012, with the Washington State Investment Board awarding a total of 750 million U.S. dollars of mandates.

The article reports on a 35 million dollar investment grade credit mandate given by the Detroit Police and Fire Retirement System (PFRS) to Merganser Capital Management.

The article reports on the selection of Heitman as manager of two core estate mandates valued at 25 million dollars each of Fort Worth Employees Retirement Fund.

The article reports on the search by Iowa Public Employees Retirement System for a high-yield bond manager to run a roughly 400 million dollar mandate. Karl Koch, chief investment officer (CIO) of the fund, stated that the fund views the search as part of a comprehensive review of Post Advisory Group. The company is managing an estimated 500 million dollar in high-yield bonds for the fund.

This article reveals the plan of the Fresno County Employees' Retirement System to make a final determination on its mandate with INTECH Investment Management at a June 2010 board meeting, according to administrator Roberto Pena.

Presents an update on the Teachers Retirement System of Illinois as of November 2005. Fund size; Mandate; Consultant.

Presents an overview of mandates being searched by several retirement systems in the U.S., as of October 2005. Arapahoe County Retirement System; City of Danville Employees' Retirement System; City of Quincy Retirement System.

Provides information on the results of the Canadian Pension Fund Manager Survey regarding pension assets being managed by Canadian asset managers as of March 2005. Main areas of asset management; Rate of assets obtained by the top firms in defined benefit plans from smaller clients; Percentage of assets represented by the Canadian equity, U.S. equity and Canadian bonds in new investment mandates.

Reports on the selection of finalists for an international equity search by Duluth Teachers' Retirement System as of August 23, 2004. Selected finalists including Fidelity Investments; Value of the mandate.

Provides information on the mandate of several financial institutions in the U.S., as of May 31, 2004. Indiana Public Employees' Retirement Fund; Kalamazoo City Employees'; Ameren Corp.; Laborers' Pension Trust Fund.

Reports on a mandate awarded by the Alameda County Employees' Retirement Association (ACERA) to Delaware Investment Advisers in California. Approximate amount of the mandate; Reason given by the ACERA board for terminating Putnam Investments; Information on international equity accounts of the plan handled by Capital Guardian Trust Co.

Reports on an active international small-capital mandate awarded by the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (MERS) of Michigan to Acadian Asset Management. Competitors of Acadian for the deal; Reason of MERS for selecting Acadian.

The EUR4.1 billion Dutch retail pension scheme Stichting Pensioenfonds Ahold has tendered a EUR200 million Dutch residential mortgage mandate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article assesses the performance of pension funds in the emerging markets for the March 28 to April 23, 2006 period. According to managers, pension plans are attracted to both dollar debt and local currency debt. Specialist fixed-income manager BlueBay has won a £195 million mandate from the Barclays Pension Fund. The Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System selected Ashmore Investment Management to run a $350 million emerging market debt and local currency mandate.

Presents information on the mandate contracts of several global financial institutions as of September 2005. Total amount of contracts secured by Goldman Sachs Asset Management from three pension plans in Great Britain; Number of mandates added to SSgA contracts; Changes made in the mandates of Norwegian Petroleum Fund.

Reports on the mandate losses of Fidelity Investments from September 23 through October 22, 2004. Impact of the mutual funds scandal on the company; Information on companies that dropped the company from their list of pension fund managers.

The article reports that French supplementary pension fund Ircantec has shortlisted nine managers for an alternatives mandate that is expected to be awarded in November 2015.

The article reports on the Pre Qualification Questionnaire released by the States of Jersey Common Investment Fund for a new emerging market equity mandate worth between 50-75 million British pounds. Russell Crowe from the procurement department said the mandate can be either segregated or pooled. He added that they expanded their equity to split between global and Great Britain as well as passive and active with four different sets of managers.

The article reports on the termination of a fixed-income mandate with AXA Investment Managers by Milk Pension Fund of the British dairy industry, moving the money to a bonds brief with Legal & General Investment Management.

The article reports on a real estate mandate search being conducted by real assets advisory firm Grontmij Capital Consultants on behalf of two Dutch pension schemes.

The article focuses on mandates secured by State Street from BNL/BNP Paribas employees' pension fund and pension fund of Cariplo employees and by the Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon from Harvest Fund Management.

The article reports on the mandates won by JPMorgan WSS from the Royal County of Berkshire pension fund and Cerberus Capital Management and by State Street from Dutch pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds SABIC Innovative Plastics.

The article reports on the awarding of a mandate of 15 million U.S. dollars to MLC Business Super from Clark Equipment Australia Group Staff Superannuation Fund.

The article reports that the Cadbury Ireland Pension Trust appointed a 60-million-euro mandate in corporate bonds to BlackRock, by recommendation of Towers Watson, an actuary and consultant.

The article reports on equities mandates to be awarded by Taiwan's Labour Pension Fund in 2011.

The article reveals the plan of Strathclyde Pension Fund to terminate a small-cap equity mandate managed by Gartmore. It notes that this small-cap equity mandate may be going through a sale or merger soon as it has seen the exit of several key executives. Head of Pensions Richard McIndoe mentioned that as of 2010, the fund is investigating contingencies and replacement and is waiting for the result of the business review.

The article announces the decision of Alcatel Pension Scheme to hire Royal London Asset Management for a bonds mandate.

The article reports that Pensioenfonds UZ Gent is closely watching the performance of one of its six mandates which is under BNP Paribas Investments Partners.

The article reports that Brussels, Belgium-based pension scheme, Vlaamse Gemeenschap Pensioenfonds has changed the balanced mandate of BNP Paribas Investment Partners from active to passive as of November 2010.

The article reveals that the Strathclyde Pension Fund is considering the termination of a small-cap equity mandate managed by Gartmore. Gartmore has experienced the resignation of several important executives and will possibly undergo a sale or merger. A report by equity manager Edinburgh Partners also reveals that Strathclyde is scaling back investments in the companies rated lowest in its environmental, social, and corporate governance ratings.

The article reports that Fondo Pensione Complementare Personale Navigante di Cabina is looking to hire new managers for a couple of mandates.

The article reports that Fonds de Reserve Pour les Retraites (FRR) has terminated a 478-million euro U.S. small-cap active equity mandate with BlackRock International because of the unsatisfactory performance.

This article reports that K2 Advisors has been hired to manage a 50 million Australian dollars mandate in its diversified fund for the 1.5-billion Australian dollars Professional Associations Superannuation Fund.

This article reports on the selection of Aviva Investors by Dutch medical scheme Stichting Pensioenfonds Medisch Specialisten to manage its 350 million euros global unlisted real estate portfolio. The firm was hired as a manager of managers and has taken over the portfolio of the fund's existing unlisted real estate managers. It is noted that the investment manager was hired due to its risk management culture and its strong position as an international investor.

The article reports on that Total U.K. Pension Plan is looking for ways to reduce risk of its portfolio, which include changes to contribution rates and implementing longevity hedging strategies. The plan already has a scheme to regain full funding by 2017, with investment managers encouraged to pitch to AON Hewitt. The scheme may also seek a replacement for the recently terminated Artemis Investment Management, which lost its active equity mandate due to performance concerns.

The article reports that Fondo Pensione Complementare Personale Navigante di Cabina, an industry-wide scheme for Italian pilots and flight attendants, is looking to hire new managers for two mandates.

The article reprots that a mandate has been obtained by DBC Pension Services Ltd. from the Mercury Provident Pension Scheme for full administration and trustee secretarial services.