Commodities
The university has more than tripled its investment in a bitcoin exchange traded fund within its endowment in recent months.
The plan disclosed new commitments totaling $525 million at its board meeting last week.
The retirement association recently committed $25 million each to private equity and credit commitments.
The retirement system is searching for active diversified commodities investment management services.
The retirement systems also eliminated global low volatility and TIPS allocations earlier this year.
The pension plan’s outsourced cio liquidated 17 investment strategies and transitioned the assets to five CITs in the second quarter.
The pension system will hear recommendations to add infrastructure and drop commodities, among other changes, at this week’s board meeting.
The retirement association is considering the two asset classes to replace its commodities portfolio.
The plan also hired an international small-cap equity manager after finalist interviews.
The commitments include a new manager relationship for the plan.