The search will be conducted this year as part of a real estate structure review, which was approved at the meeting.
Plan is looking to fill a new $700 million allocation to global credit and conduct due diligence on its passive investment managers.
The plan will issue RFPs this quarter after canceling previous search due to COVID.
A Virginia-based pension plan added commitments with new and existing managers in September and made several changes to its fund lineup over the past fiscal year.
Plan hired the private markets team at its general investment consultant to consult on its private equity and opportunistic real estate portfolios.
The team will join a new segment of Ares dedicated to real assets.
Plan is searching for investment management firms, or a pool of firms, to create and manage one or more portfolios.
The plan’s full board approved new commitments to existing private markets managers at its meeting last week.
A Southern state plan will conduct a manager search as part of a newly approved global equity structure.
The rebranding took effect on Nov. 15.