Asset Allocation
Illinois TRS Commits Nearly $6 Billion
Fund reported 26 commitments and two terminations between February and May.
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Asset Allocation
CalPERS’ New Asset Allocation Kicks In July 1
The $442 billion pension fund is shifting money out of public equity and into private equity and other alts.
Asset Allocation
Ohio Teachers’ Pension Increases Alts and Fixed Income Targets, Decreases Public Equities
The pension was also able to implement a cost-of-living adjustment thanks to high returns this past year.
Newsmakers
Private Equity Drove CalPERS’ Strong Q4 2021 Returns
The pension fund reported 1.2% returns over its benchmark for calendar year 2021.
Newsmakers
New York Common Returns 4.74% in Q3
This quarter’s returns were significantly better than the last one’s.
Newsmakers
Notre Dame, USC Endowments Return 53.2%, 43.2% for 2021
Robust returns raise the asset values for Notre Dame and USC’s endowments to $20.3 billion and $8 billion, respectively.
Asset Allocation
Wellcome Trust Saw 34.5% Returns for Fiscal Year 2020-2021. Here Was Its Strategy.
This is the British health care charity’s best-performing year in two decades.
Corporate Moves
Penn SERS CIO Seth Kelly Resigns
He leaves the pension fund after less than a year on the job; Deputy CIO James Nolan will take over as acting CIO.
Tactical Shifts: How Institutional Investors Are Adjusting Asset Mixes Now
Private credit, real estate, emerging markets. Here are the ways CIOs at HOOPP, the James Irvine Foundation, and two others are solving the allocation puzzle.
Risk
Texas TRS Looks to Replace Some Public Equity Allocation with Private Credit
The fund’s new CIO Jase Auby describes the portfolio’s new path forward.
Virginia Will Lower Assume Rate of Return for Its Retirement Fund
The state’s system will make changes to asset allocations and benchmarks, too.
Regulation
SEC Finalizes ‘Test-The-Waters’ Policy Expansion, Allowing Companies to Solicit Investor Interest Before IPOs
New rule removes Obama-era revenue cap of <$1 billion for companies to solicit investor feedback before going public.
Newsmakers
SFERS Hires Select Equity Group for $500 Million Portfolio
The New York City firm is selected to manage an international portfolio even as other international equity strategies are being trimmed of their assets.
Risk
Maryland State Retirement System Returns 8% for Fiscal 2018
Private and public equities lead the way with double-digit gains.
Britain’s Public Equity Boosts Pension Protection Fund’s Ratio
Benefits lifeboat took on highest total obligations in Carillion, Toys R Us, and Hoover liabilities.