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Request for Proposals
International Equity Products for Public Equity Portfolio
July 8, 2026
Deadline: Aug. 5, 2026
The Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois is seeking one or more active investment managers to manage the following strategies: Developed Markets Ex-US, ACWI Ex-US, Emerging Markets, India-only, and EM Latin America-only. The strategies would manage a portion of the System’s approximately $32 billion public equity portfolio, which is benchmarked to the MSCI All Country World Investable Market Index.
Data must be supplied to eVestment with March 31, 2026 data.
RVK, Inc., the System’s investment consultant, will assist staff in this initiative. Please direct any questions to RVK at TRSI.IE.2026@rvkinc.com. All State of Illinois and TRS ethics policies apply.
See below for the External Manager Candidate Profile document.