28. The Role of Passive Strategies in SWIB's Investment Strategy (June 19, 2024)

SWIB has implemented a diverse and sophisticated investment strategy for the Wisconsin Retirement System, or WRS. The Core Trust Fund, the larger of the two WRS trust funds, holds investments in public equities, fixed income, real estate, and private markets. That investment strategy also includes a mix of active and passive strategies. In this episode of the SWIB Podcast, learn more about the role passive strategies like synthetic replication, passive exposure management, and leverage implementation have in helping keep the WRS fully funded. Find out how SWIB’s use of securities finance, collateral optimization, and liquidity management benefit the WRS trust funds. Finally, hear how SWIB’s innovative spirit played an important role in the founding of the Global Peer Financing Association and how the association has helped SWIB engage in a variety of securities finance activities and promote best practices and knowledge sharing with peers across the world.