Fujita was hired as the new cio of the $31 billion plan in July after spending the last 13 years with the Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System.
Former Mass General CIO John Barker has joined the Canadian asset management corporation as its investment head and will be tasked with diversifying its portfolio, which has been comprised of Mastercard Class A common stock since its founding in 2006.
2023 was supposed to be a down year for foundations and endowments with a potentially recessionary environment, however, equity and bond returns came out in the green, thanks in part to strong fourth quarters, leaving investors and allocators with a more optimistic outlook for their portfolios entering 2024.