The firm will provide investment consulting services for the county’s soon-to-be merged asset pools.
The plan is considering a 4% dedicated allocation to private investment grade credit.
The plan added an investment officer to its $3.6 billion real assets portfolio.
The search comes after the plan placed its incumbent manager on watch.
The emerging markets equity manager had been placed on watch for performance reasons over the summer.
The plan is seeking firms without geographic barriers following an asset class restructuring earlier this year.
The hire concludes a replacement search conducted by the retirement system’s general investment consultant in February.
The two international equity managers were placed on watch for performance reasons.
The plan also retained two incumbent managers in its large-cap search.
The retirement board rehired its incumbent in 2019 following a similar search.