Katy Hoffman

Investment Committee Member at

Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Consumer Services

Finance

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Ms. Katy Hoffman is a Chief of Staff at Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
She is Chief of Staff to the Chief Investment Officer and Chairman of the Internal Investment Committee.
Ms. Hoffman also serves on the Investment Executive Committee.
Prior to this position, Ms. Hoffman was a senior director on the External Public Markets team managing investments in the Trust’s long-oriented equity and hedge fund portfolios.
Additionally, she managed the TRS' opportunistic credit allocation.
Prior to her work on External Public, Ms. Hoffman developed TRS' enterprise risk management system, initiated the pension trust fund’s use of derivative instruments and helped to develop TRS' existing strategic asset allocation.
She started at TRS in 2004 as an investment grade credit analyst.
Prior to joining TRS, Ms. Hoffman was based in New York City where she was a credit analyst for the Credit Portfolio Group of J.P.
Morgan which managed the bank’s retained credit risk from direct loan exposure and derivative transactions.
She also worked for five years in high technology brand management and marketing research.
Ms. Hoffman received an MBA from Vanderbilt University, and a BA in Mathematics from Trinity University.

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Teacher Retirement System of Texas Teacher Retirement System of Texas Investment ManagersFinance TRS’ Internal Investment Committee (IIC) approves investments in private equity, real estates, hedge funds and external managers. The firm’s investment performance is calculated using a daily time weighted rate of return. Investment decisions are based on asset allocation, which is determined after consideration of expected returns for asset classes with the context of risk tolerance for the fund. TRS uses both passive and active investing styles. Their approach tracks the performance of key benchmarks and provides the opportunity to add value through active portfolios. TRS' style is a disciplined, balanced approach with a strong quantitative foundation that focuses on long-term returns and objectives rather than on short-term market movements.	Investment Committee Member	01/01/2020

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Trinity University Trinity University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Teacher Retirement System of Texas Teacher Retirement System of Texas Investment ManagersFinance TRS’ Internal Investment Committee (IIC) approves investments in private equity, real estates, hedge funds and external managers. The firm’s investment performance is calculated using a daily time weighted rate of return. Investment decisions are based on asset allocation, which is determined after consideration of expected returns for asset classes with the context of risk tolerance for the fund. TRS uses both passive and active investing styles. Their approach tracks the performance of key benchmarks and provides the opportunity to add value through active portfolios. TRS' style is a disciplined, balanced approach with a strong quantitative foundation that focuses on long-term returns and objectives rather than on short-term market movements.	Finance
Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services