Category: People

  • Macauly Addesso Selected to Kayo’s Top 26 in ’26 Limited Partners in Real Estate

    Macauly Addesso Selected to Kayo’s Top 26 in ’26 Limited Partners in Real Estate

    SWIB senior analyst Macauly Addesso is one of 26 professionals named to Kayo’s list of Limited Partners in Real Assets. This recognition celebrates women whose leadership and vision are raising the bar for real assets allocation. As a member of SWIB’s Real Estate Team, Macauly plays an integral role in sourcing, evaluating, and managing investments…

  • Kirk Wolff Named 2025 Rising Star & NextGen

    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…

  • Salah Khalaf Selected for PEI’s Future 40

    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,…

  • Beth Holzberger Featured in PE Hub’s Women in Private Equity 2025

    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…

  • SWIB’s Funds Alpha Team Win Institutional Investor’s Allocators’ Choice Award for 2024 Hedge Fund Allocator of the Year

    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…

  • Anne-Marie Fink Named to Pensions & Investments’ 2024 Influential Women in Institutional Investing List

    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…

  • Chase Nicholson Named 2024 Rising Star & NextGen

    Chase Nicholson Named 2024 Rising Star & NextGen

    SWIB senior portfolio manager Chase Nicholson has been selected for a pair of industry awards, Institutional Investor’s 2024 Rising Stars, and Chief Investment Officer’s Class of 2024 NextGens. The Institutional Investor’s 2024 Rising Stars, which includes 10 asset managers who are on track to become leaders within the industry as selected by the editorial team…

  • SWIB Reports 5-Year Performance Adds $3.1 Billion Above Benchmarks, Awards Incentive Compensation

    State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) Trustees awarded incentive compensation based on more than $3.1 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 3.6% and…

  • Tinnen Appointed Board Chair Replacing Nick

    Tinnen Appointed Board Chair Replacing Nick

    Gov. Tony Evers appointed Trustee Clyde Tinnen as chair and Trustee Tom Merfeld as vice-chair of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) Board of Trustees. Tinnen succeeds Trustee Barbara Nick, who stepped down from the Board in December after over eight years of service. Merfeld assumes the position previously held by Tinnen. Tinnen, appointed…