Former Head of ESG at Teacher Retirement System of Texas Lands at Wilshire
Lauren
Gellhaus will focus on pension plans for the institutional advisor.
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Teacher Retirement System of Texas Commits $800 Million to Funds
Bulk of capital deployed into two private equity funds
and a real estate fund.
Teacher Retirement System of Texas Invests in Crypto Fund
System backs CoinFund Ventures among four commitments done
over the summer.
Are Institutional Investors Poised to be Impacted by Rise of Retail PE Investors?
With investment firms seeking to attract
trillions from smaller investors, large allocators could have co-investment
opportunities, fee cuts reduced.
Teacher Retirement System of Texas ESG Head Departs
Lauren Gellhaus took over role in 2020; next
move not disclosed.
CalSTRS and CalPERS Look to Significantly Increase Co-Investing; Other Public Pension Funds See Potential in Strategy
Potential
to reduce fees paid to PE managers and generate strong returns spurs
institutional investors to find ways to collaborate with firm managers.
Teacher Retirement System of Texas Powers Up Energy Investing
System
looks to double investing in sector in ’22, driven in part by success in
backing natural gas entities.
Private Markets Firms See Teacher Retirement System of Texas as ‘Poaching Ground’
TRS has lost 21 people over past two years to outside
firms.
Exclusive: Kirk Sims, Emerging Manager Program Director, Texas Teacher Retirement System (Texas TRS)
Kirk Sims joined the $180 billion Teacher Retirement System of Texas (Texas TRS) in 2019 to direct its emerging manager program, and has coached a 5-year annualized return of 11.1%. Here’s how he does it.
CalPERS’ Weighing Changes to Comp Program
Pension fund
urged to expand peer group and tie compensation to performance.