The plan previously had the portfolio in a Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fund.
Kirsty Jenkinson will oversee private markets and sustainable investment and stewardship strategies at the nearly $370 billion plan.
The search is part of the continued buildout of the plan’s crisis risk offset portfolio.
The retirement system is looking to hire long volatility and global macro managers after increasing its target allocation to the crisis risk offset portfolio.
The plan will reduce its domestic large-cap growth exposure by eliminating an existing manager.
Mascha Canio will fill a role that has been open since the retirement of Jean Hsu last year.
The city’s three pension plans will each be involved in the search.
The collaboration will enable Metis Global Partners to leverage Wilshire’s proprietary custom index platform to design index strategies for clients.
The firm’s latest fee study found that nonprofits pay 57 basis points in total fund management fees on average.
Asset allocation remains the biggest factor in fees paid by institutional investors, Callan’s 2025 Cost of Doing Business Study shows.