Small-Cap
The plan’s current international small-cap equity manager has been on watch since early 2023.
The board has hired two domestic equity managers to replace existing managers across its three investment plans.
The retirement board wrapped up domestic equity, non-U.S. equity and fixed-income searches at its board meeting this week.
The plan has placed a domestic small-cap value equity manager on watch due to consistent underperformance.
The searches are open to growth and value equity managers.
The deferred compensation plan terminated two domestic equity managers and an intermediate core-plus bond manager in the third quarter.
The retirement system is seeking firms to handle an allocation ranging between $200 million and $400 million.
The retirement system transitioned its passive domestic equity mandates with BlackRock to active management in the third quarter.
The search is being conducted to replace the plan’s incumbent global growth equity manager, which has been on watch due to underperformance.
The university approved adding a small-cap value equity fund and an all-equity ESG fund as fund options for participants within its defined contribution plan this month.