Palash Ghosh, Pensions & Investments Journalist Profile

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Bill Roberts, co-CEO of GW&K Investment Management, to retire on Dec. 31

1 week ago | pionline.com | Palash Ghosh

T. Williams Roberts III, partner and co-CEO of GW&K Investment Management, will retire on Dec. 31, said a news release issued on April 15. In accordance with the firm’s succession plans, Thomas F.X. Powers, currently partner and co-CEO, will continue as the firm’s sole CEO. Roberts initially joined GW&K in 1994 as a vice president and director of operations, before advancing to co-president in 2006 and later being named co-CEO with Powers on July 1, 2022, the release noted.
Philippe Descheemaeker named Lombard Odier's private assets distribution head

1 week ago | pionline.com | Palash Ghosh

Philippe Descheemaeker has been appointed head of private assets distribution at Lombard Odier Investment Managers, as part of the firm’s “strategic growth ambitions in private assets,” said an April 14 news release. A spokesperson for Lombard Odier confirmed this is a newly created role. Based in Geneva, Descheemaeker reports to Bettina Ducat, co-head of Lombard Odier Investment Managers.
Kern County Employees' Retirement modifies strategic asset allocation

1 week ago | pionline.com | Palash Ghosh

Kern County Employees' Retirement Association, Bakersfield, Calif., approved some modest changes in its strategic asset allocations at a board meeting on April 9. Reflecting “broadly lower” capital market assumptions for 2025, the $6.2 billion pension fund, with assistance from its consultant Verus Investment, approved a reduction in the allocation for alpha pool strategies to 2.5% from 4%; and a corresponding increase in cash to -2.5% from -4%.
Canadian public-sector union urges PSP, other pension funds to divest Tesla holdings

1 week ago | pionline.com | Palash Ghosh

Breadcrumb Home PENSION FUNDS April 14, 2025 07:31 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Bloomberg Elon Musk The Canadian Association of Professional Employees, one of the largest federal public-sector unions in Canada, said it has not received a response yet from the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Montreal, after asking PSP and all pension funds in Canada to dump their holdings in automaker Tesla. “Elon Musk, Tesla’s owner and the richest person on the planet, has been...
Real estate specialist BGO makes slew of executive changes

1 week ago | pionline.com | Palash Ghosh

Breadcrumb Home REAL ESTATE April 11, 2025 08:47 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Steeve Reents/ Toby Phelps Global real estate investment management adviser BGO unveiled a number of senior executive changes. Toby Phelps has been appointed as co-president of global real estate, partnering with co-president Amy Price in this new role, said an April 9 news release.
Rhode Island Employees earmarks $75 million for alternatives

1 week ago | pionline.com | Palash Ghosh

Rhode Island Employees' Retirement System, Providence, approved a total of up to $75 million in alternatives commitments, according to a recent monthly investment performance report. The $11.8 billion pension fund committed up to $50 million to Baring Private Equity Asia IX, a buyout fund managed by EQT; and up to $25 million to Greystar Essential Housing Fund I, a real estate fund managed by Greystar Real Estate Partners.
San Mateo County Employees slates $50 million for private equity

1 week ago | pionline.com | Palash Ghosh

San Mateo County Employees' Retirement Association, Redwood City, Calif., committed a total of $50 million to two private equity funds. The $6.9 billion pension fund committed $35 million to Public Pension Capital as part of SamCERA’s buyout portfolio within private equity under the growth category. The board approved the commitment at its meeting March 25, according to a recent notice on the pension fund’s website.
Columbia Threadneedle’s global head of equities, Melda Mergen, to leave firm

1 week ago | pionline.com | Palash Ghosh

Melda Mergen, global head of equities at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, has decided to leave the firm at the end of April, a spokesperson confirmed. This was a personal decision, the spokesperson added, and Mergen intends to "take some time to consider what’s next for her personally and professionally."Effective April 30, Mergen’s leadership responsibilities for equities will be allocated regionally.
Bayview Asset Management appoints Colin Doherty and Michael Timms as co-heads of fund finance

2 weeks ago | pionline.com | Palash Ghosh

Breadcrumb Home ALTERNATIVES April 11, 2025 10:58 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Colin Doherty Colin Doherty Colin Doherty and Michael Timms have joined Bayview Asset Management as co-heads of the firm’s newly established fund finance investment business, said a news release April 10.
Tariff uncertainty, market stress a test for $1.7 trillion private credit market

2 weeks ago | pionline.com | Lydia Tomkiw |Palash Ghosh

Breadcrumb Home ALTERNATIVES April 14, 2025 07:01 AM Tweet Share Share Email More Reprints Print Bloomberg For the rapidly growing private credit sector, now at $1.7 trillion, the latest market turmoil will show how the asset class fares in this testing moment.