
CalPERS In-State Investment Program is Up More than 11%
Meanwhile, plan is winding down its money-losing in-state private equity program.
Meanwhile, plan is winding down its money-losing in-state private equity program.
CalPERS stopped its co-investment program in 2016. Now CIO Ben Meng wants a restart.
The former CalPERS CIO will oversee six investment team leaders and bolster the investment bank’s relationships with its asset owner clients.
Ted Eliopoulos is leaving Friday, but new CIO Yu Ben Meng can’t start until January because of a non-compete agreement. Eric Baggesen will become interim CIO.
Start date has not yet been determined.
The program, however, represents just a little more than 1% of CalPERS’s AUM.
Ted Eliopoulos wants to know whether the largest US pension system is being rewarded enough for its investment risk taking.
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