Pensions
Pensions in Michigan, Jersey City Add Bitcoin ETFs to Portfolios
Only three public pension funds are known to have acquired these types of ETFs.
Tag: SWIB
Pensions
Wisconsin Pension Buys $160 Million in Bitcoin ETFs
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board purchased Grayscale and BlackRock Bitcoin ETFs.
Newsmakers
Anne-Marie Fink Named Co-Chair of AIMA’s Global Investor Board
She will serve alongside PSP’s Eduard Van Gelderen.
Research
Human Capital: A New Investment Thesis That Is Delivering So Far
By measuring employee morale and other people-centered influences on share prices, fledgling ETFs have beaten benchmarks—and attracted a large SWIB position.
Asset Allocation
How SWIB’s New Actively Managed Portfolio Aims to Be ‘Different’
Wisconsin’s Select Equity fund, launched just four months ago, aims to use such techniques as long-short pairings.
Asset Allocation
Wisconsin State Pension Defers $26 Million in Incentives After 13% Loss
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board also reported nearly $780 million in private equity investments in Q3 2022.
Newsmakers
Wisconsin State Pension Fund Returns 16.89% in 2021
The fully funded state pension system surpassed its benchmark to increase its trust funds’ combined asset value to more than $147 billion.
Newsmakers
SWIB Names Edwin Denson as CIO, Replacing the Late David Villa
The economist has been overseeing risk management and investing strategies at the Wisconsin organization.
Newsmakers
Wisconsin Investment Board Executive Director, CIO David Villa Dies at 66
Villa had been executive director since 2018 and CIO since 2006.
Bonuses Down 15% for Wisconsin Pension Managers
Incentive payout for 2018 was lowest amount in the past five years.