Getty Trust targets equal allocations to public and private illiquid assets
Jim Williams · James Williams – Curating The Getty's Assets (Capital Allocators, EP.50) · Apr 30, 2018 · at 16:13
Jim Williams, CIO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, breaks down the endowment's allocation across public markets, private assets, and semi-liquid hedge funds.
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“It'll be between 40 to 50% illiquid is, is pretty comfortable. And then you have that area in the middle that is hedge funds. So there's about 40 to 45% that are really public market. And then you have that hedge fund semi-liquid stuff in the middle. And then you have 40, 45% that are really quite private.”
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