Alternatives
A university in the south updated its asset allocation, including creating a new credit/distressed opportunities allocation, last year.
The commitments were made in closed session at a special board meeting this week.
The plan will invest in a newly formed local and minority-owned asset manager.
The plan has launched a general investment consultant search previously delayed due to COVID.
The plan recently made a venture capital and a value-add real estate commitment.
Plans approved alternatives commitments totaling $23 million this week.
Potential domestic small-cap core equity search would come in a decision to move away from a small-cap value manager.
The plan committed a total of $50 million to two funds for pacing purposes.
The plan disclosed several private equity commitments and one to private debt at a board meeting today.
Three senior investment professionals have spun out of a Southern endowment to create a new private markets platform supporting new and developing investment managers.
