Ohio Police & Fire discloses $45 million in private market commitments
Fund also puts Bridgewater Associates on watch for performance issues
Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund, Columbus, made two new private markets commitments totaling up to $45 million.
The $17.7 billion pension fund committed up to $25 million to TA XIV, a middle-market growth equity fund managed by
TA Associates, and up to $20 million to Veritas Capital Vantage Fund, a North American buyout fund managed by
Veritas Capital Fund Management, spokesman David Graham said in an email.
The pension fund previously committed up to $20 million each to TA XIII and Veritas Capital Fund VII, both in 2019.
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Orange Township has hired Nathan McNeil as its new fire chief.
A recently retired U.S. Air Force veteran, McNeil previously was deputy fire chief at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico and at Clear Air Station in Alaska. His 22-year active-duty military career included stations in Texas and Missouri, plus multiple deployments overseas.
Township trustees approved his hiring April 5.
“It’s not different at all,” McNeil said of military and civilian fire service, “in that they have the same purpose, which is to serve a community.”
“That’s a strength I see here. That everyone in the department has the desire to serve and to offer their best at all times,” McNeil told
Many Ohio Asian Americans feeling let down by Lt. Gov. Jon Husted: Capitol Letter
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Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, speaking during a state briefing on April 24, 2020. (Office of Gov. Mike DeWine)
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Dismayed and disappointed: Lt. Gov. Jon Husted’s recent tweet that referred to the “Wuhan virus” and his ensuing defense of his use of the term has left many Asian Americans in Ohio feeling dismayed and disappointed in their leadership. Seth Richardson talked to a number of them who “didn’t feel his explanation – that he was attempting to criticize the Chinese government – sufficiently explained why he felt the need to use a term that many feel is, at the very least, unhelpful or, at worst, could lead to targeting people of Asian descent for violence,” Richardson writes.
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Under Ohio law an injured worker is not eligible for workers' compensation for a psychological condition unless it arises from their physical injury. Ohio HB 308 would allow first responders to receive benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder due to on-the-job factors.