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California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)

The California State Teachers’ Retirement System was established by law in 1913 to provide retirement benefits to California’s public-school educators from prekindergarten through community college. Today, CalSTRS is the largest educator-only pension fund in the world, and the second largest pension fund in the U.S.

Country

United States

AUM ($B, AS AT DATE OF ASSET ALLOCATION)

$347

Performance (%, 1YR)

8.40

Chief Executive

Cassandra Lichnock

Chief Investment Officer

Scott Chan

Chair

Denise Bradford

Asset allocation

41.5% Public Equity

15.5% Private Equity

11.2% Fixed Income

13.9% Real Estate

6.3% Inflation Sensitive

8.4% Risk Mitigation Strategies

1.6% Innovative Strategies & Strategic Overlay

1.6% Cash

Website

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Asset allocation as of June 30, 2024. All information is as per the most recent annual report or other publicly available data via the fund's website

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