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CalPERS’ assets are managed by the CalPERS Board of Administration. CalPERS invests across a range of asset classes including global equity, private equity, fixed-income, real estate, infrastructure, forest land, inflation-linked bonds, liquidity and trust level. Strategies are managed both internally and through external managers.

Numeric Investors offers a variety of actively managed quantitative investment strategies including long-only, market neutral, active extension (130/30) equity and fundamental statistical arbitrage. Their strategies cover a variety of geographic regions, investment styles and market-cap ranges. All portfolios at Numeric are managed under the direction of their Chief Investment Officer, with oversight from the firm’s Investment Committee. Their investment approach is based on the idea that in the aggregate, markets are efficient and real economic performance drives returns, but over certain time periods markets are inefficient. This results in stock prices that fluctuate more than the underlying information set.

PGIM Quantitative Solutions seeks superior risk-adjusted returns by combining research-driven quantitative processes built on economic and behavioral foundations with judgment from experienced market practitioners. The firm offers a variety of actively and passively managed equity strategies measured against US, non-US, global and custom benchmarks. Dedicated investment management teams use proprietary and non-proprietary computer-based models and tools to generate top-down and bottom-up fundamental and economic signals that guide asset allocation and security selection decisions.

Caxton aims to deliver consistent absolute returns for their investors irrespective of the market environment. The firm manages client and proprietary capital through global macro hedge fund strategies. Assets are managed via a broad mandate to trade in a variety of global markets and instruments.

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SSgA FM utilizes several methods of investment analysis across a wide array of investment strategies when formulating investment advice or managing assets. The firm does not rely on one type of investment analysis over another and does not recommend one particular type of security. They seek to utilize the most prudent methods of investment analysis based upon certain characteristics of the investment strategy and the current market conditions, as applicable.

APG US’ Fixed Income Portfolios utilizes bottom-up issue selection combined with top-down duration management and sector allocation in a disciplined, quantifiable, and reproducible manner. The firm invests in a broad spectrum of fixed income sectors that convey different risks, diversification of return and alpha sources are essential elements of the investment process.