Alexandria FPOPP hires two EM managers

14 Oct 2011

Brandes Investment Partners and Glovista Investments have been awarded emergingmarket mandates by the Alexandria Firefighters and Police Officers Pension Plan, Mena FM has learned.

The Virginia-based Pension Plan has an AUM of around $110m and currently has a 10% weighting towards emerging markets. According to recently released minutes from a 9 June meeting, the board unanimously decided to award the “contract with Brandes Investment Partners and Glovista Investments LLC for the emerging market equity mandate with 75% and 25% respectively”. 
 
During the meeting, the Pension Plan also viewed presentations from Aberdeen, Johnston Asset Management, DRZ and Research Affiliates for both the emerging markets mandate and an international investment mandate.