International / Global / Emerging Markets
The plan expects to hear presentations from six private equity firms next month as part of a search initiated in April.
The plan is searching for managers to handle more than $850 million.
The plan hired a new manager to handle roughly $37 million at its board meeting last week following a recommendation from its general investment consultant this summer.
The incumbent firm was terminated after being on watch since late 2021 due to a change in the team.
The plan will interview two global equity finalists later this month and has welcomed back a former staffer as its new deputy cio.
The plan is seeking regional and country-specific international equity managers.
The Lone Star State retirement fund terminated one equity manager and placed another two on watch this week.
The university expects its discretionary provider to conduct a review of its strategic asset allocation during the third quarter and a separate review of its global equity portfolio during the fourth quarter.
The fund has narrowed its search for a new global equity manager for its portfolio to three finalists and selected a firm in its domestic large-cap growth equity manager search at its board meeting this week.
Plan is eyeing searches for active emerging market debt and private markets secondaries strategies following initial discussion earlier this month.