Passive Equity
The plan appears to be seeking its first passive investments in equities and bonds.
The plan will also begin a search for a Standard & Poor’s 500 Index manager.
The plan will interview to active, concentrated firms to potentially replace its existing large-cap growth managers.
A Southwestern pension plan approved a new global equity structure and a hired a manager to fill a new passive component at today’s meeting.
A Southern pension plan will consider a recommendation to consolidate portions of its passive domestic equity portfolio at its board meeting in March.
Nonprofit investors are expecting positive but muted returns from the equity and bond markets in 2021 after their portfolios generated solid performance in a year that upended global financial markets and saw unprecedented volatility.
An East Coast plan hired a new emerging markets equity manager as well as a passive fixed-income manager in August.
The plan hopes to increase equity exposure without significant volatility.
A Midwestern pension plan terminated its active large-cap equity managers to fund mandates with three new global equity managers hired following an RFP search.
A plan based in Chicago has hired an investment manager to handle a passive equity strategy.
