When the California State Teachers’ Retirement System announced that it was swapping its homegrown private-equity benchmark for one created by a private vendor, the move caught CIOs’ attention.
After all, CalSTRS, the nation’s second-largest pension fund, was acknowledging that its internal benchmark was flawed—and also touting that it had found a better measurement tool for an asset class that lo...
Steelman: The article presents a balanced perspective on the challenges faced by investors in the current market environment, focusing on the outperformance of the S&P 500 and its impact on active management. It acknowledges the shift towards passive funds as a response to these challenges and explores the role of benchmarks in evaluating investment strategies.
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