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Tampa Fire & Police Pension
The Tampa Fire and Police Pension Fund operates as a defined-benefit plan governed by a nine-member board of trustees drawn from city leadership, police, and...
Tampa Fire & Police Pension
The Tampa Fire and Police Pension Fund operates as a defined-benefit plan governed by a nine-member board of trustees drawn from city leadership, police, and fire representatives, including Chairman Jamie Stock and CFO Dennis Rogero. Authorized by Special Acts of the State of Florida, it has served Tampa's first responders since well before the modern institutional-investment era. Investment management is entirely outsourced to Bowen, Hanes & Co. under the direction of Harold 'Jay' Bowen III, a relationship that has lasted more than five decades. The fund holds direct public-equity positions — a 2024 filing confirmed a stake in Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. — as well as a dedicated Master Limited Partnership (MLP) portfolio and a separate Staff Pension Plan. The geographic footprint centers on the United States, with commodities-linked exposure through the Wheaton position extending its reach into Canadian mining assets. Board trustees actively participate in training through the Florida Public Pension Trustees Association (FPPTA) and the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS). The fund does not operate additional offices or adjacent philanthropic vehicles, functioning instead as a focused municipal pension administrator. The fund's structural distinction is the delegation of its entire portfolio to a single external manager for what is believed to be one of the longest continuous pension-manager relationships in the United States. That concentration of authority, overseen by a local-government board, creates a governance profile that few comparable city pension systems share.
General information
Firm type
Pension Fund
Year founded
1941
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Tampa
Corporate office
Tampa, FL, United States
Principals
Harold 'Jay' Bowen III
Investment Manager
Jamie Stock
Chairman
Matthew Belmonte
Vice Chairman
Dennis Rogero
CFO & Trustee
Richard Griner
Trustee
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Frequently asked questions
Who manages the investment portfolio for the Tampa Fire & Police Pension?
Harold 'Jay' Bowen III, President and CEO of Bowen, Hanes & Co., has managed the fund's entire investment portfolio for over 50 years. The fund itself is governed by a nine-member board of trustees, but all investment management is concentrated with Bowen, Hanes (Altss research).
How is the pension fund structured from a governance perspective?
The fund is administered by a nine-member board of trustees that includes the City of Tampa CFO as a statutory trustee, along with elected and appointed representatives of the fire and police departments. The board operates under Special Acts of the State of Florida (Altss research).
Does the fund use multiple external investment managers or a single manager?
It uses a single external investment manager — Bowen, Hanes & Co. This is an exceptionally rare governance model among US municipal pension plans, where boards typically diversify across multiple external managers and consultants. The relationship has persisted for over five decades (Altss research).
What known public equity positions does the fund hold?
One confirmed disclosed public equity position is Wheaton Precious Metals Corp., a precious metals streaming company, indicating an allocation to commodities and hard assets within the equity portfolio (Altss research).
Does the fund invest in private markets or only public securities?
The known portfolio includes public equities — such as Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. — and Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs), which provide exposure to US energy and pipeline infrastructure. There is no publicly disclosed asset-class mandate beyond these known instruments (Altss research).
What professional associations are the fund's trustees involved in?
Trustees regularly attend educational conferences and schools organized by the Florida Public Pension Trustees Association (FPPTA) and participate in the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS), which are industry networks for public pension professionals (Altss research).
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