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Oregon Public Employees Retirement System

The Public Employees Retirement System is the retirement and disability fund for public employees in the U.S. state of Oregon established in 1946. Employees of the state, school districts, and local governments are eligible for coverage. A health insurance plan for covered retirees was added to the program in 1987. Assets are managed by Oregon State Treasury.

Country

United States

AUM ($B, AS AT DATE OF ASSET ALLOCATION)

$95

Performance (%, 1YR)

-1.4

Chief Executive

Kevin Olineck

Chief Investment Officer

Rex Kim

Chair

Sadhana Shenoy

Asset allocation

Asset allocation is target not actual

30% Public Equity

20% Private Equity

20% Debt Securities

12.5% Real Estate

7.5% Real Assets

7.5% Diversifying strategies

2.5% Risk Parity

Website

View the annual report

Global Pension Transparency Benchmark country system description

Asset allocation as of June 30, 2022. All information is as per the most recent annual report or other publicly available data via the fund's website

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