Texas A&M, New RIAs, NEPC, Boston RFPs, New Pension Commitments

In this week’s Dakota Fundraising News Podcast, Ryan Gardner joins Texas A&M Foundation as Assistant Director of Investments, Isla Chu steps in as Director of Investments at Michigan State University, and Laura Walker moves to NEPC as Consultant after her tenure at Reinsurance Group of America. On the RIA front, Andy Knowles launches Knowles Private Wealth with Raymond James, Tempo Wealth debuts in Ohio serving executives from public companies, and Strive Retirement Group opens in Florida with a focus on corporate retirement plans. Institutionally, Oregon PERS staff recommends extending Meketa’s real estate consulting contract, and Boston Retirement System issues a $90M real estate RFP with a secondaries-focused private equity search coming in July. Somerville allocates $25M across AEW and Invesco, Hartford commits $5M to Mesirow’s value fund while reviewing its real estate lineup, and Arkansas Teacher Retirement commits $80M across Arlington Capital Partners VII and Great Hill Equity Partners IX.Tired of fragmented data slowing you down? Book a demo of Dakota Research to centralize critical investment data and intelligence to simplify your decision-making process.