Kirk Sims's guest appearances

Kirk Sims

Asbury Seminary Kentucky Chapel - Video

Asbury Seminary Kentucky Chapel

The Fiftyfaces Podcast

AAAIM High ELI

Rendel Solomon

Elizabeth Burton

Seema Hingorani

Gary Greenberg

Ted Seides

Kimberly Smith

Christina Qi

Rahul Moodgal

Ryan Bailey

David Miller

Morgan Stanley

Alex Edmans

John Robinson

Robert Gardner

Rachel Green

OwlTail

My guest for today’s podcast is Kirk Sims who is the Head of the Emerging Manager Program at the Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS), one of the leading public retirement systems in the US with over $160 billion in assets under management.  Since being established in 2005, TRS has committed $3.7 billion to one of the largest programs of its kind.  An additional $2 billion has been invested directly with EM Program graduates.  Each graduate was selected as a result of consistent outperformance among a group of more than 160 EM managers. Recognizing the Program’s success, in early 2019, TRS rolled out a plan to invest another $3 billion over the next three to five years.  Kirk joined TRS in March 2019 after building out the Emerging Manager Program at the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois, where he oversaw a $750 million evergreen pool of capital designed to identify and invest in emerging investment managers across all asset classes.  Kirk is as smart as they come, having earned his CFA, MBA from Columbia Business School and BA from Howard University.  I had a blast interviewing Kirk and his insights would be valuable to any emerging manager looking to raise assets.  Without further a due, here is my conversation with Kirk Sims.

My guest for today’s podcast is Kirk Sims who is the Head of the Emerging Manager Program at the Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS), one of the leading public retirement systems in the US with over $160 billion in assets under management.  Since being established in 2005, TRS has committed $3.7 billion to one of the largest programs of its kind.  An additional $2 billion has been invested directly with EM Program graduates.  Each graduate was selected as a result of consistent outperformance among a group of more than 160 EM managers. Recognizing the Program’s success, in early 2019, TRS rolled out a plan to invest another $3 billion over the next three to five years.  Kirk joined TRS in March 2019 after building out the Emerging Manager Program at the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois, where he oversaw a $750 million evergreen pool of capital designed to identify and invest in emerging investment managers across all asset classes.  Kirk is as smart as they come, having earned his CFA, MBA from Columbia Business School and BA from Howard University.  I had a blast interviewing Kirk and his insights would be valuable to any emerging manager looking to raise assets.  Without further a due, here is my conversation with Kirk Sims.

Kirk Sims , Head of Emerging Managers, Teachers Retirement System of Texas   “The VIP every emerging manager wants to know."

Kirk Sims is a Senior Investment Manager and Head of the Emerging Manager Program at the Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a public pension plan with over $150 bn in assets under management.  He previously worked at the Teachers Retirement System of Illinois, where he spent close to 7 years,  and where he had oversight of the $7 bn minority investment program and the $750 m emerging manager program. Prior to that he held a variety of financial services roles. Our conversation returns to Kirk's days at Howard University, some of his mentors there and the role models he found during his early days in finance, and, later, business school at Columbia. Kirk has spent close to a decade working with minority investment programs, and has plenty of "at the coalface" insights into challenges that these managers face and how they can overcome them.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kirk Sims is a Senior Investment Manager and Head of the Emerging Manager Program at the Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a public pension plan with over $150 bn in assets under management. He previously worked at the Teachers Retirement System of Illinois, where he spent close to 7 years, and where he had oversight of the $7 bn minority investment program and the $750 m emerging manager program. Prior to that he held a variety of financial services roles. Our conversation returns to Kirk's days at Howard University, some of his mentors there and the role models he found during his early days in finance, and, later, business school at Columbia. Kirk has spent close to a decade working with minority investment programs, and has plenty of "at the coalface" insights into challenges that these managers face and how they can overcome them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

41. Kirk Sims - Diverse Portfolios, and a side of Jazz