Ex-OTPP Asia head named CalPERS CIO
Nicole Musicco, a former Asia Pacific head of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), has been appointed CIO of California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS).
She becomes only the second woman to lead investment operations for the largest public pension fund in the US. As of September 2021, CalPERS had USD 480bn in assets, including a USD 44bn allocation to...
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