James Nield

Portfolio Manager-Equities at Teacher Retirement System of Texas

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Mr. James Nield, CFA MBA, is a Chief Risk Officer & Senior Managing Director at Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
He works with TRS’ Risk & Portfolio Management (RPM) team.
He is responsible for managing and monitoring key metrics throughout the pension trust fund and identifying plans of action.
The RPM group manages 24% of pension assets via Portfolio Strategies which consists of Risk Parity and government bonds.
Day-to-day rebalancing and financing activities are handled by the Trust Management team and long-term strategic planning is led by the Trust Strategy group.
Prior to joining TRS in 2009, Mr. Nield worked for Ford Motor Company for more than 10 years.
At Ford, he worked in the pension group, as a derivatives trader and as a manufacturing cost accounting supervisor.
Mr. Nield earned his MBA from New York University and graduated from the Pennsylvania State University ?with a degree in finance and international business.
Mr. Nield is a CFA charterholder and holds the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation.

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Teacher Retirement System of Texas Teacher Retirement System of Texas Investment ManagersFinance The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.	Portfolio Manager-Equities	2009-11-30

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The Pennsylvania State University	Undergraduate Degree
New York University	Masters Business Admin

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Teacher Retirement System of Texas Teacher Retirement System of Texas Investment ManagersFinance The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.	Finance