CalPERS will review all elements to the methodology of its successful focus list in the coming months, as the latest study by Wilshire shows companies on CalPERS’ radar over the past 23 years have had a total return turnaround of 32.5 per cent on average.
The fund has embarked on an asset allocation review that is more like a total engine makeover, one of the most important activities in the fund's history.
Following a restructure of the team along functional lines, the CalPERS internal passive equity team is now able to handle any risk or complexity in the portfolio at least as well as any external manager, according to a review by its consultant Wilshire, although some extra coding of the Charles River system for compliance purposes
The CalPERS board will have the discretion to reduce or eliminate investment staff performance pay in years of negative performance of the fund, in a revised compensation plan to be presented to the board this week, chief investment officer Joe Dear told conexust1f.flywheelstaging.com.
CalPERS has made three additions to its General Pension Consultant Services Spring-Fed Pool, including a consultant that specialises in sustainable consulting, infrastructure and property with its sector-specific research including climate change.
Investment staff and four selected consultants expect CalPERS’ returns will be less than the fund’s current 7.75 per cent – a finding on the agenda of a special investment workshop next week, alongside static versus dynamic asset allocation and the use of leveraged bonds.
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