Three weeks ago Scott Stringer issued a press release saying that he was going to recommend that the NYC pensions funds dump another $1B into the emerging managers circus.
For the record in FY-2013 NYCERS had $818.25M invested in US equities run by emerging managers. NYCERS paid them $4.41M in FY-2013. That is 50 basis points (50 BP's).
During the same year NYCERS had $4.39B invested in a Russell 3000 index fund run by Blackrock. NYCERS paid them $161,565 in FY-2013. That is .4 basis points (.4 BP's).
The emerging managers had the following returns:
- one year: 22.63%
- three years: 18.34%
- five years : 6.84%
Blackrock had the following returns:
- one year: 21.37%
- three years: 18.58%
- five years : 7.24%
I don't think I have to say more except that the trustees in their infinite wisdom terminated Blackrock in FY-2014. You can't make this stuff up.
