The $26.7 billion State Retirement Agency of Maryland’s Retirement & Pension System has launched a search for a private equity consultant after terminating several of its private equity investment managers last March.
Joe Coale, spokesman for the retirement system, said that a dedicated private equity consultant would be a first for the Baltimore-based pension fund.
About 2% of the fund’s assets-or $534 million-currently sit in private equity funds managed by firms like Adams Street Partners and HarbourVest Partners, both of which are based in Boston.
“We have been in this area [private equity] for a while and we want a little more exposure,” Coale said. “The board feels that we need professional guidance in this area.”
A private equity consultant would advise the pension fund on its investment strategy and screen its investment opportunities. The March terminations were part of a massive restructuring recommended by the plan’s overall consultant, Ennis, Knupp & Associates.
-A.F./ C.B.
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