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TCDRS Investment Managers
At TCDRS, we’re proud to work with industry-leading investment managers to help manage our assets.
Due diligence
We perform extensive due diligence before hiring investment managers and monitor them as they work toward specific goals, investing funds according to TCDRS investment policy. Our oversight of investment managers includes review of operations, on-site visits, background checks and review of financial information. We continue to monitor our investment managers after they are hired.
Passive and active management
We use both passive and active styles of asset management.
With funds managed in the passive style, we seek to match the performance of an established market index (for example, the Dow Jones U.S. Total stock Market Index) by investing in the same securities as the index. Our asset classes that are passively managed include:
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U.S. equities
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International developed equities (partial)
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International emerging equities (partial)
With investments managed in the active style, our investment managers try to exceed the performance of a market index by actively selecting securities that they believe will outperform and avoiding those they think will underperform. Asset classes that are managed actively include:
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Global equities
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International developed equities (partial)
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International emerging equities (partial)
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Hedge funds
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Credit investments
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Private equity
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Real assets
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Investment-grade bonds
Investment managers we work with
Global Equities
Marshall Wace LLP
Viking Global Fund L.P.
Domestic Equities
State Street Global Advisors (index fund)
Developed International Equity
Marathon
State Street Global Advisors (index fund)
Emerging Market Equities
Dimensional Fund Advisors
JP Morgan
Marshall Wace LLP
State Street Global Advisors (index fund)
Wellington Trust Co.
REITs
Cohen & Steers Capital Management
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Investment-Grade Bonds
Dodge & Cox
Jennison Associates
PGIM Fixed Income
TIPS
Western Asset Management Co.
Commodities
Gresham Investment Management LLC
Wellington Trust Co.
Master Limited Partnerships
Harvest Fund Advisors
Our Recent Activity page shows our current alternative investment commitments.
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