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CalPERS active equity rebuild delivers highest alpha in three decades

CalPERS active equity rebuild delivers highest alpha in three decades

CalPERS’ three-and-a-half-year overhaul of its $242 billion global equities portfolio has delivered the program’s highest alpha in almost three decades, after the pension giant deployed $65 billion back into active strategies and dramatically tightened manager selection.

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CalSTRS’ cautious outlook

CalSTRS' long-time CIO, Chris Ailman, is cautious about the outlook for markets with his "spider senses" working over time trying to understand the hidden risks in the economy. He told Amanda White the fund will focus the year on allocating to diversifying strategies and climate solutions.

Internalisation drives value added for large funds

Size matters in institutional investing, but how exactly does it result in better returns? Research by CEM Benchmarking shows large, internalised, active investors produce more net value added than small, externalised, passive investors. Internalising private markets is a significant predictor of value add.

PensionDanmark’s alternative ambition

Danish pension fund PensionDanmark is not only providing its members with robust returns, it's also leading Denmark's ambitions to become the "new Norway" but in green energy rather than oil and gas.

UNJSPF vows to explore impact and streamline governance

The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund plans to explore impact investment for part of the $90 billion portfolio including in developing and emerging markets like Africa, and boost diversification of its investments across developed, developing and emerging markets.

Private equity boom also holds challenges for Oregon

It's been a white hot year for private equity but challenges in the asset class continue for investors, like the impact on total asset allocation given massive appreciations in portfolio values, plus slow distributions from GPs. We look at Oregon Public Employee Retirement Fund’s large private equity portfolio.

AP7 prepares to re-tender and add mandates

Sweden's AP7 fund, which invests primarily in equities, is retendering mandates in its large ACWI exposure and hunting for new managers in its alpha allocation.

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