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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.
Lesson learned: How allocators can turn investment experience into a value-creation edge
Asset owners’ unique vantage point across managers, companies and market cycles gives them a powerful value-creation advantage, but many fail to capture and reuse what they learn, argues a new paper co-authored by Stanford University, alongside the CIOs of the University of California and Danantara. The paper sets out a “value-creation capability” framework to turn institutional experience into a repeatable investment edge without creating another layer of bureaucracy.
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LPPI: Keeping AI risk in check
As the risk of an AI bubble grows, LPPI’s Richard Tomlinson reflects on how the LGPS pool manages and measures AI exposure. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, he also explains how he has been moulding the fund’s investment structure to be fit for a post-LGPS reform future.

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