Fixed-Income
Plan’s investment committee selected one core fixed-income manager and one core-plus bond manager at today’s meeting.
The firm was placed on watch for underperformance.
The plan will fund the allocation from its intermediate bond manager.
Davidson Investment Advisors is acquiring the mid-Atlantic based firm, which specializes in municipal and taxable fixed-income investments, in a deal that is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023.
The trust’s incumbent consultant is on a six-month contract.
The institution added a floating rate fixed-income fund within its short-term pool and reduced its investment with a hedge fund manager to fund increased domestic equity and international equity investments within its endowment.
The trust company is looking to commit $150 million to $625 million annually to alternative assets, including alternative fixed-income, hedged equity and private debt, within its endowment.
The plan has issued the RFPs after approving the searches last month.
The plan will search for a new core-plus fixed-income firm after recent asset losses and a change in ownership experienced by its incumbent manager.
The plan approved RFPs for short-term TIPS, long-term government bond and short-term investment grade bond managers at a meeting held last month.