Virginia Retirement System increases real estate and private equity allocations by three percentage points, saying it wants more flexibility in its portfolio.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
HRJ Capital, the San Francisco fund of funds firm started by American pro-footballers Ronnie Lott and Harris Barton, has doubled its equity commitments for its latest vehicle.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The state’s employee retirement system last year enjoyed above-average returns for large US public pensions, thanks in part to its top performing asset classes such as real estate and private equity.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board reveals expansion plans for Asian real estate just as it announces a joint investment of $400m in a new China fund with Ontario pension fund.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The public pension has set policies for three of the four components making up its inflation-linked asset class, but said infrastructure policy will be considered later as it is the ‘most complex’.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Amidst heightened interest in Latin America's largest country, the joint venture would be the third such fund formed by the two partners.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Phil Angelides, who recently was beaten by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Golden State gubernatorial race, will be tasked with expanding Canyon-Johnson’s ‘green’ investments in urban markets across the US.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The US pension fund is entering into a $200 million jv with Sealy and Company as it agrees to yet another industrial real estate commitment.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The former senior investment officer for global equity has resigned her position at the California pension to become chief executive of the recently spun-out hedge fund sponsor.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Private capital to real estate increased 13.5 percent from Q3 2006 to Q3 2007. International real estate investments jump 96 percent, according to Pensions & Investments magazine.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
