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Assertion Partly supported
Monk: CalPERS paid $4B in private equity carry over five years
“CalPERS is having it now. They realize they, what was it, four billion dollars in private equity carry was paid to GPs alone over a five-year period.”
Ashby Monk Oct 23, 2017 ▶ 28:59 Ashby Monk – Asset Giant Futurist (Capital Allocators, EP.29)
Assertion Supported
Gilmore: CalPERS compensates staff on total portfolio results, not asset classes
“Some years earlier, Marcy had changed the compensation structure so that everyone got rewarded on the basis of the whole portfolio, not their asset class.”
Stephen Gilmore Feb 9, 2026 ▶ 24:40 Stephen Gilmore – CalPERS' Total Portfolio Approach (EP.486)
Assertion Supported
Gilmore: CalPERS' legacy SAA permitted ~450 bps of active risk
“What we did was to look at how much that variation would aggregate up to in terms of the leeway management had been delegated. We estimated that that amounted to around about 450 basis points of active risk using all the policy ranges.”
Stephen Gilmore Feb 9, 2026 ▶ 18:39 Stephen Gilmore – CalPERS' Total Portfolio Approach (EP.486)
Assertion Supported
Gilmore: CalPERS is currently just over 80% funded
“We're just over 80% funded.”
Stephen Gilmore Feb 9, 2026 ▶ 27:14 Stephen Gilmore – CalPERS' Total Portfolio Approach (EP.486)
Assertion Supported
Monk: Fee transparency drove portfolio changes at CalPERS, CalSTRS, and UC Regents
“We've seen tons of examples like CalPERS and CalSTRS and even UC Regents where fees and costs have driven changes in their portfolio, just the transparency.”
Ashby Monk May 24, 2021 ▶ 17:01 Ashby Monk – Innovation in Institutional Portfolios (Capital Allocators, EP.196)
Assertion Partly supported
CalPERS indexed significant assets to the Wilshire 5000 upon Wilshire's recommendation
“From a cost standpoint and from a volume standpoint, CalPERS at Wilshire's recommendation has a significant portion of its assets indexed to the Wilshire 5000 stock index.”
Roz Hewsenian Aug 6, 2018 ▶ 24:10 Roz Hewsenian –Helmsley Trust's Chief of People and Process (Capital Allocators, EP.63)
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