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Category Archives: Stock market
Annual report highlights Corporate Governance work
The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees annually updates the OPERS Corporate Governance policy and guidelines to consider best practice standards. The just-released 2011 Corporate Governance Annual Report highlights our interactions with public companies. The OPERS Board adopted … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate governance, Pensions, Stock market
Tagged corporate governance, Ohio PERS, OPERS
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New investment plan includes ‘floating’ policy target
The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System investment staff this year will be incorporating new asset allocation targets that include a small shift away from equities as well as the introduction of a floating, or dynamic, policy target. The 2012 OPERS … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Investments, Stock market
Tagged annual investment plan, investments, Ohio PERS, OPERS
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Ohio manager employs small-cap model for OPERS
When he was director of investments for a Cincinnati company’s pension fund in the early ‘90s, one of Len Haussler’s primary roles was to oversee the plan’s external managers. He recalls a particular manager not producing returns that were on … Continue reading
Posted in Investments, Pensions, Research, Stock market
Tagged investments, Ohio investment managers, Ohio PERS, OPERS, OPERS external managers, small cap value
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OPERS backs Ohio businesses
We often say that OPERS is good for Ohio, based on the economic impact of the more than $5 billion our members receive each year in pension and health care benefits. But our Investments Division also is a major supporter … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate governance, Investments, Pensions, Stock market
Tagged investments, ohio midwest fund, Ohio PERS, OPERS, pension fund, private equity, real estate
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OPERS posted positive return 31 of past 39 years
Since 1972 the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System has had a positive annual return on investment 31 times, while experiencing a downturn just eight times. That nearly four-decade period has seen the overall fund grow from $2 billion to more … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Investments, Pensions, Stock market
Tagged economy, Ohio PERS, OPERS, pensions, stock market
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OPERS still strong despite volatile markets
The ups and downs of the stock market have been on full display this summer, with the last few days resembling a roller coaster ride. Through Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had declined more than 1,000 points since the … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Pensions, Stock market
Tagged economy, Ohio PERS, OPERS, retirement security, stock market
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