Searches And Hires
The plan is seeking separate account managers that can offer exposure to multiple credit asset classes.
The county’s pension plan and OPEB Trust replaced their global core equity manager, which had been on watch due to underperformance, in May.
The search comes after the plan placed its incumbent international equity manager on watch in May.
The fund approved a maiden commitment to a private credit secondaries strategy during its August board meeting to take advantage of discounts in the credit secondaries market.
The foundation is searching for investment advisors to advise, manage and administer its reserve fund as well as develop and implement an investment strategy.
The funds are being moved to an international index fund managed by Fidelity Investments.
The plan approved a consultant switch at a board meeting today.
The search will be for index products covering “various strategies with differing fund and account types and across numerous geographies and markets.”
The termination recommendation stems from fixed-income structural changes approved last summer that eliminated sub-asset class targets in core-plus and high-yield.
Global equity represents a new asset class for the retirement system.