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NYC Office of the Comptroller

The Bureau of Asset Management is responsible for oversight of the investment portfolio of the New York City Retirement Systems, which comprises five pension systems. The portfolio is managed primarily by external investment managers, and is largely invested in publicly traded securities, with growing allocations to private equity, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds and opportunistic fixed income investments.

Country

United States

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

$240

Performance (%, 1YR)

-8.65

Chief Executive

Brad Lander

Chief Investment Officer

Steven Meier

Asset allocation

Website

View the annual report

Global Pension Transparency Benchmark country system description

Asset allocation as of June 30, 2022. All information is as per the most recent annual report or other publicly available data via the fund's website

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