How Wyoming Retirement System's Team Invests Opportunistically and Nimbly | Andrew Mayer, Senior Investment Officer | Q&A
Andrew Mayer is a Senior Investment Officer at the Wyoming Retirement System, where he has served since 2012. In this interview, he discussed how the investment team shifted from a generalist model to a more specialized one, how the board adopted policies that allows them to remain opportunistic and nimble, and why he believes it's important to also have active views and exposure in China and Europe.
Bull Market Is In Its '8th Inning;' Patrick Fleming, CIO, Wyoming State Treasury | Exclusive Q&A
Patrick Fleming is chief investment officer of the Wyoming State Treasurer’s Office, a sovereign wealth fund managing nine funds totaling $20.7 billion in assets. In this interview, Fleming discusses why he thinks we’re in the eighth inning of the bull market, why consolidation in asset management is imminent and how the Wyoming State Treasury is positioning itself in the near term.
Wyoming Retirement System Launches Target Date Funds
We have directed our record keeper, Great-West Financial®, to conduct an optional mapping of assets and future allocations for target date fund investors. This means that if you are invested in a target date fund that does not coincide with the year in which you will turn age 65, those assets and future allocations will be mapped from your existing target date fund to the fund indicated in the mapping chart below. If you are comfortable with the changes, you do not need to take any action. If you do not want to participate in this fund mapping strategy, you have until June 6, 2014, to opt out.
Private Equity Firms have Pumped $69.5 Million into Wyoming's General Fund
CHEYENNE -- Cheyenne Capital distributed $69.5 million into Wyoming's general fund for its 2013 return on private equity investments....