Texas TRS fills CIO vacancy

The US teacher public pension fund appoints a new investment head.

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (Texas TRS) appoints Jerry Albright to Chief Investment Officer.

Jerry served as the interim chief investment officer after the former CIO, Britt Harris, left the retirement system to join the University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO) last month.

Jerry will assume the new position on 1 August 2017.

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