The $18 billion Kansas Public Employees Retirement System is searching for qualified firms to provide pension fund general investment consulting services.
Pension Consulting Alliance, KPERS’ current investment consultant, has been the fund’s consultant for 10 years.
The candidate firm must have consulting services clients whose assets aggregate to a minimum of $500 billion, including U.S.-based institutional clients whose assets aggregate to at least $150 billion, as of Sept. 30, 2017. In addition, the candidate firm, or its key investment-consulting professionals, must have provided global investment consulting services to public pension funds for a minimum of 10 years, as of Sept. 30, 2017.
The RFP is available on KPERS’ website. Proposals are due Oct. 27, with a hiring decision expected in June.
KPERS has invested in seven core real