Non-U.S. & Global Equity
Expectations for the equity and bond markets in 2020 continue to be cautiously optimistic after a 2019 market that left bearish investors wishing they had kicked that sentiment down the road a year or two.
While many do not expect the market to perform in 2020 quite like it did in 2019, nonprofit investors are still not expecting their real spending targets to come under heavy pressure in the near-term as they gauge the economic cycle and its ability to sustain its growth trajectory.
A Northeastern university added a global equity manager and a domestic equity firm to its endowment last month.
A Northwestern investment board has issued an RFP for global equity managers.
A Southwestern pension plan approved several investment actions in the third quarter.
A Florida general employees plan will interview three international value equity managers in February.
A Northeastern pension plan made several changes to its non-U.S. equity manager lineup in October.
A Southern pension plan will conduct four public equity and one general investment consultant searches next year.
A Southwestern pension plan funded a new emerging markets equity emerging manager-of-managers portfolio in October.
A pension plan in the Great Lakes region will hold discussion on an active emerging markets equity manager search next year.
A Midwestern pension plan completed a search for global low volatility equity managers last week.