Richard Shafer has been named interim chief investment officer of the The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS), nearly two months after fulltime CIO Jenny Hom stepped down. Shafer joined ...

A team of portfolio managers at SWS Partners, including two people who were formerly on the investment staff of the $102.4 billion Ohio Public Employees Retirement System, Columbus, are targeting ...

Chris DeRose, head of the Ohio Public Employee Retirement System for the past 4 1/2 years, is leaving for a private sector job. “It is with deep regret that I accept the resignation of Chris DeRose, ...

US - Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (Ohio PERS) has selected Colonial First State Investments (UK) to manage a new $200m global emerging markets portfolio. Ohio PERS has assets worth in ...

Hugo Boss' decision to close a facility in Ohio is causing some tension between its owner, Permira, and the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System, one of Permira's investors. The pending shutdown of ...

Three private equity funds with Cleveland ties have received investments from a recently established $51 million “fund of funds.” Blue Point Capital Partners, Draper Triangle Ventures LP, Riverside Co ...

The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (Ohio PERS) and Credit Suisse have doubled their investment in their "fund of funds," the Ohio PERS/Credit Suisse Ohio-Midwest Fund. Ohio PERS said in a ...

The Plain Dealer recently published articles and an editorial questioning the sustainability of Ohio's public pension systems. Retirement security should be everyone's goal. This means being able to ...

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System, Columbus, is planning to appoint four to eight managers, Pensions & Investments reports. The new appointees will manage $350 million to $700 million each in ...