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SWIB Announces 2025 WRS Preliminary Returns
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) today released preliminary calendar year 2025 investment results for the fully funded Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), which ended the year with total assets of approximately $155 billion. The Core Fund, the larger of the two WRS trust funds with more than $141 billion in assets, ended the year…
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SWIB Awarded Investment Operations of the Year at The Allocator Prizes by With Intelligence
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board’s (SWIB) Global Public Market Strategies (GPMS) and Private Markets & Funds Alpha (PMFA) Operations Divisions were honored October 28 in New York City, winning Investment Operations of the Year at The Allocator Prizes by With Intelligence. Led by Business Directors Chelsey Barczak and Ed Martinez, the team was recognized…
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SWIB Awarded Allocator-Asset Manager Partnership of the Year at 2025 Allocators’ Choice Awards
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) was honored September 18 in New York City, winning Institutional Investor’s Allocators’ Choice Award for 2025 Allocator-Asset Manager Partnership of the Year. Accepted by Head of Funds Alpha Derek Drummond on behalf of the team, SWIB was recognized for forming Dockside Platforms with the partnership of the University…
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Kirk Wolff Named 2025 Rising Star & NextGen
SWIB portfolio manager Kirk Wolff has been selected for a pair of industry awards: Institutional Investor’s 2025 Rising Stars and Chief Investment Officer’s Class of 2025 NextGens. The Rising Stars list, which includes 12 allocators who are on track to become leaders within the industry, is selected by the editorial team from a pool of…
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Salah Khalaf Selected for PEI’s Future 40
SWIB Senior Portfolio Engineer Salah Khalaf is one of 40 professionals selected for Private Equity International’s Future 40, a list of future leaders in private equity. The list aims to highlight “40 individuals who stood out for their technical skills, leadership qualities, sense of innovation, and much more.” A leader in data analytics at SWIB,…
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Beth Holzberger Featured in PE Hub’s Women in Private Equity 2025
SWIB Senior Portfolio Manager Beth Holzberger is one of 10 allocators featured in PE Hub’s Women in Private Equity 2025. The list, featuring “women who have excelled as leaders, innovated, executed on novel strategic visions, and pushing the industry’s boundaries,” was announced on March 31. A leader of SWIB’s private equity strategy, Holzberger joined SWIB…
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SWIB Reports 5-Year Performance Adds $4.1 Billion Above Benchmarks, Awards Incentive Compensation
State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) Trustees awarded incentive compensation based on more than $4.1 billion of net outperformance generated by SWIB staff over the last five years for the fully funded Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). Due to SWIB’s strong investment performance, WRS retirees will see a Core Trust Fund annuity adjustment of 2.3% and…
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SWIB Announces 2024 WRS Preliminary Returns
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) today announced 2024 preliminary returns for the fully funded, $139 billion Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). The Core Fund, the larger of the two WRS trust funds with more than $128 billion in assets, ended the year with a preliminary one-year net return of 8.5% and a preliminary five-year…
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SWIB’s Funds Alpha Team Win Institutional Investor’s Allocators’ Choice Award for 2024 Hedge Fund Allocator of the Year
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board’s (SWIB) Funds Alpha Team was honored September 12 in New York City, winning Institutional Investor’s Allocators’ Choice Award for 2024 Hedge Fund Allocator of the Year. The eight member Funds Alpha Team was nominated for growing SWIB’s hedge fund portfolio through exceptional performance, innovation, and strategic vision, and positioning…
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Anne-Marie Fink Named to Pensions & Investments’ 2024 Influential Women in Institutional Investing List
SWIB Private Markets Funds Alpha Chief Investment Officer Anne-Marie Fink has been selected as one of 60 women on this year’s Pensions & Investments’ Influential Women in Institutional Investing (IWII) list. The list is made up of women nominated by colleagues and industry advocates for their contributions and potential. The honorees have not only excelled…