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Index funds typically carry the lowest expense ratios in their categories — but like consumer goods, they may impose costs that aren’t apparent from the sticker price alone. Continue Reading
With pension funds frequently debating whether to invest in equities via either active management and separately managed accounts, or passive management and commingled funds, this informative article discusses the drawbacks of Commingled Funds. Continue Reading
As plans, board members, staff, and advisors celebrate many public pensions crossing their 80% funding threshold, a critical question arises: “Now what?” Continue Reading
This article highlights how a manager with investment expertise across both AUMs and securitized credit markets can deliver a comprehensive Asset-Based Finance solution, enhancing manager alpha, increasing diversification and portfolio Continue Reading
The maturation of private credit is shaping opportunities in this dynamic, multifaceted asset class. This article discusses the benefits of private credit in portfolios. Continue Reading
By: Emma Norchet, T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. This is an excerpt from NCPERS Fall 2025 issue of PERSist. More firms are remaining private for longer as doing so enables them to focus on long-term growth initiatives free from some of the burdens public companies face. In fact, the... Continue Reading
Maritime finance offers lenders a distinctive combination of downside protection, liquidity and high cash flow. Structuring senior secured loans as sole debt providers can allow investors to manage risk and capture attractive returns. Continue Reading
This article discusses the current state of the commercial real estate market and why the reset pricing that has occurred over the past couple of years could present an opportunity to generate outsized returns in future years on relevant investments. Continue Reading
Diversification is supposed to be the only free lunch, but when historical relationships—like the traditionally inverse one between bond and stock prices—breakdown, public pensions must look at what else is on the menu. Continue Reading
The true objective of a pension is to secure and fully fund the benefit payments in a cost-efficient manner with prudent risk. Cash flow matching is the best fit to accomplish the pension objective. This is an excerpt from NCPERS Summer 2025 issue of PERSist. Continue Reading
As other alternative investments become mainstream, the piece makes the point that it might be worth asking whether private equity (PE) — with proper safeguards and labor-conscious design — could responsibly serve as a diversification tool in 401(k) and 457 plans. With broad growing interest in inve Continue Reading
This article highlights how public equity markets have become more concentrated, U.S.-dominated, and driven by intangible-rich technology firms, reducing traditional diversification. Public pension trustees should reassess portfolio construction to address rising concentration risk and consider comp Continue Reading
