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CalPERS’ private markets chief: TPA won’t disrupt PE commitment pacing

CalPERS’ private markets chief: TPA won’t disrupt PE commitment pacing

Anton Orlich, CalPERS' newly minted deputy chief investment officer for private markets, says the fund’s July adoption of the total portfolio approach will not impede the private equity strategy launched in 2022, arguing that short-term relative-value calls made under TPA would be expressed in liquid markets and not by oscillating commitments to private markets. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, Orlich unpacks the asset class’s four-year transformation.

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CPP outlines risk playbook for a new world order

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The $295 billion AustralianSuper has spent two decades building scale, but Shaun Manuell's task as the fund's new chief investment officer is to ensure Australia's largest pension fund can operate effectively with it. As short-term performance pressure mounts on the fund and its assets set to hit A$1 trillion ($718 billion) by 2035, the local equities boss-turned-CIO will see his legacy defined by whether he can transform AustralianSuper from a domestic giant to a global leader.

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