Searches And Hires
The foundation added distressed credit, mezzanine debt and hedge fund-of-funds strategies to its portfolios last year.
The system approved private equity commitments with new and existing managers within its endowment and the addition of a short-duration fixed-income manager within its liquidity pool at its investment committee meeting this month.
The funds have completed the evaluation process and selected a finalist in its search for firms provide financial advisory, investment consulting and risk transfer advisory services.
The plan will issue the RFP due to the contract expiration of the incumbent.
The plan selected the firm to handle roughly $9 million following finalist presentations at today’s board meeting.
The plan received an international equity structure review at today’s meeting that calls for a public RFP process.
The plan terminated its emerging markets equity allocation amid a “challenging environment” for the asset class.
Plan added a $3 million credit commitment last month.
The city is seeking a firm to provide discretionary investment advisory services for its $386 million portfolio.
The city conducted a similar search on behalf of four investment portfolios in 2013.