The
Lamar Villere will manage the private equity and absolute return portfolios. He has led the domestic equities team since 2005 for the Springfield, Ill.-based pension fund, and prior to that was an equity analyst at Morgan Keegan & Co.
On May 17, TRS Illinois’ investment committee is scheduled to discuss a number of issues, including whether to commit several hundred million dollars to a handful of private equity funds and whether
TRS Illinois had $3.5 billion committed to private equity at the end of the first quarter, split among LBO, venture, distressed and mezzanine funds.—M.C.