State & Local Investments
Overview \
Support Organizations \ Models
& Best Practices
Research Resources \ Articles-Publications
SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
Corporate
Governance
www.corpgov.net/index.htm
Founded in 1995, this corporate governance reform advocacy organization
provides a news clipping service regarding efforts by public pension
funds and others to exercise their shareholder rights to promote
corporate reforms.
National Association
of Seed and Venture Funds
www.nasvf.org
NASVF began in 1993 as an ad-hoc group of practitioners seeking
the best models to encourage capital formation in their states,
particularly for new technology ventures. These founders continued
to meet each year and in 1997 formally incorporated the group as
the National Association of State Venture Funds. The name was changed
in 2000 to reflect the Association's expanding service to local
networks of private investors. The group’s weekly on-line
newsletter provides a wealth of articles documenting state venture
capital efforts.
National Association
of State and Local Equity Funds
www.naslef.org
The National Association of State and Local Equity Funds (NASLEF)
is a professional, nonprofit association formed in 1994 to promote
the efficient management of state and local equity funds. Collectively,
member funds have created or rehabilitated more than 45,000 units
of affordable housing and have raised $2.1 billion in equity capital
for rental housing developments throughout the United States.
NationalAssociation
of State Retirement Administrators
www.nasra.org
NASRA is a non-profit association whose members are the directors
of the nation’s state, territorial, and some of the larger
local public retirement systems. NASRA members oversee retirement
systems that hold more than $1.8 trillion in assets and that provide
pension and other benefits to more than two-thirds of all state
and local government employees. Among many available resources on
its web site is its survey of public pension funds, which provides
an overview of the size and asset allocation of statewide public
pension funds.
National Association
of State Treasurers
www.nast.net
NAST is an association that links state treasurers across the country.
In 24 states, state treasurers manage tobacco settlement funds and
30 states have local investment pools. NAST also sponsors a number
of conferences, some of which include presentations on such topics
as economically targeted investments.
National Council
on Teacher Retirement
www.nctr.org
NCTR represents trustees of state teacher pension funds. Their web
site contains a number of studies and presentations on issues of
interest to public pension trustees.
Public Pension
Coordinating Council
http://ppcc.grsnet.com
This website provides online database access to the 2001 Survey
of State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems.
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