AQR Capital Management LLC

NYSTRS invests in several diverse asset classes. The diversification of assets helps the firm earn the highest possible long-term rate of return within appropriate risk levels. In turn, this enables them to pay guaranteed benefits to members and their beneficiaries at the lowest possible cost to participating employers and the taxpayers that fund them. Their focus is on investing for the long term, utilizing a disciplined investment approach with a strong emphasis on risk control.

The Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund employs an asset allocation strategy in which a risk parity approach adopted allows a portion of the portfolio to be conservatively leveraged. Their objective is to reduce the total expected risk of the portfolio without sacrificing the expected return. This approach balances the fund's exposure among investment classes that perform differently in various economic and market environments. The Ohio Police & Fire Pension invests in US equities, non-US equities, fixed-income, global inflation protected securities, high yield bonds, real estate, private markets and cash.

PSERS' overall investment objective is to achieve returns in excess of the proprietary policy index and provide sufficient liquidity to meet the operating needs of the system. The PSERS Board of Trustees is responsible for investing funds of the System in accordance with guidelines and limitations set forth by state law. The Board is responsible for the formulation of investment policy and provides oversight of investment activities through the finance committee that makes recommendations to the Board. Internal and external investment managers act as agents for the System. The investment office implements the investment decisions within stated policy. In accordance with the investment policy established by the Board, PSERS' investment assets are allocated to numerous outside professional investment advisors and internal investment professionals. PSERS' investments include, but are not limited to: US style-oriented large cap equities, US style-oriented small cap equities, US micro cap equities, internally managed indexed equities, US MLPs, commodities/commodity index, non-US equities (small cap and emerging markets), US fixed income (core, high yield, CLOs, US Treasuries, non-US agency RMBS, TIPs), non-US developed markets fixed income, emerging markets fixed income, short-term investments (internally managed, LIBOR Plus, short-duration, non-agency RMBS and ultra short duration high yield), open-end real estate funds, US REITs, non-US REITs, global REITS, closed-end real estate investments, private equity/venture capital and hedge funds.