Iowa

The Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) is looking to hire several investment firms actively managing absolute return strategies, according to a request for proposal (RFP) issued Dec. 5.

The approximately $40 billion Iowa Public Employees Retirement System (IPERS) has issued a request for proposals for up to $400 million in non-core real asset strategies.

The investment board of the $40 billion Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) voted at its Sept. 22 meeting to amend the system's allocation plan, increasing the system’s allocations to private equity to 17% from 13% and private real assets ...

Alternatives Watch asked Sriram Lakshminarayanan to share a few first impressions of his new role as CIO of the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System.

The $44 billion Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) has issued requests for proposals seeking to hire a managed account platform provider and an operational due diligence service provider. Also, according to a staff presentation delivered at the system’s June ...

The $43 billion Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) announced the hiring of Sriram Lakshminarayanan as chief investment officer, effective Jan. 7, 2022. He had been serving as IPERS’ chief risk officer since 2014 and before that was director of ...

The staff of the $43 billion Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) in Des Moines last week outlined plans to commit up to $3.1 billion to private market investments in 2022. The system plans to commit up to $1 billion ...

The $39 billion Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) in Des Moines is looking to hire several investment firms to execute absolute return investment strategies, according to an RFP issued today. The size of the mandate has yet to be ...

The Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) Investment Board made key moves this month in hiring two new asset managers and deciding to retain Wilshire as its investment consultant. Last week, trustees approved the hiring of Kartesia and ITE Management ...

The $40 billion Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) hired two private credit managers in response to the board’s decision in late 2020 to increasing the private credit target allocation from 3% to 8%. Hired were Arrowmark and HPS Investment ...