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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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PRI to be more ‘hands-on’ with signatories as it seeks identity refresh 

The UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is in the process of an organisational pivot as it looks to shift its primary function away from driving ESG accountability among investors (which it has been doing for the past two decades) to facilitating collaboration.    

Scott Chan replaces Chris Ailman as CalSTRS CIO

Deputy CIO Scott Chan has been appointed to the top investment job at CalSTRS. Top1000funds.com takes a look at his leadership style and his influence so far on the team and the fund’s investments.

LGPS ACCESS pushes deeper into private markets as pooling inches forward

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Kellogg Foundation invests with hedge funds using AI to write algorithms

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Sweden’s AP funds model sustainable ownership

The CEOs of Sweden's AP funds comment on important milestones in the last year, including decisions to bring more management in-house, governance changes and increased sustainable investment.

Looking for the exit: Oregon battles overweight allocations to illiquids

Oregon Investment Council’s exposure to private markets has been a great source of excess returns over the years, but today the overweight allocation to illiquid markets is a growing concern with ramifications for liquidity particularly.

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