The pension fund asked its consultant to provide potential alternatives to its incumbent due to performance concerns after a third quarter performance review at its meeting yesterday.
A foundation affiliated with a university in a Southern state is reviewing its equity manager roster as it looks to shift its public equity portfolio toward domestic assets and away from international developed and emerging markets.
A university system in the South approved terminating a domestic equity manager and adding domestic and global equity investments and private equity commitments at its investment committee meeting this week.
A Southern state plan is reducing its exposures to real estate and emerging markets equity to reduce volatility, while increasing the exposures to developed international and U.S. equity to add capital stability.
The pension fund’s consultant called the incumbent manager a “significant detractor” and recommended bringing them in for a discussion at a future meeting.
A Midwestern pension plan will review the potential inclusion of infrastructure and global low volatility equity into its portfolio before the end of the year.