Passive Equity
The plan will consider hiring two international equity managers to handle up to $700 million total this week following a search from last year
The plan terminated an approximately $182 million long-only alpha mandate and made commitments to three existing and one new manager relationship in January.
The plan conducted a similar search in 2021 that did result in any hires.
The plan expects to conclude the search process in the third quarter.
The plan is looking for an index focused on factors such as value, momentum, quality and low volatility to serve as a reference benchmark for an internally-managed portfolio.
The fund approved terminating a domestic large-cap growth equity manager due to underperformance and reinvesting the proceeds with an existing passive equity manager relationship late last year.
The search is for global ex-U.S. and passive equity managers.
The plan expects to issue the RFP later this month and make a selection in the third quarter.
The plan will receive a recommendation to approve a new manager structure for the asset class that will result in eliminations and subsequent searches.
The plan has begun a search seeking passive investment management services.