Industry Associations Appoint SWIB Experts to Boards
SWIB Private Markets & Funds Alpha Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Anne-Marie Fink was appointed as co-chair of the Alternative Investment Management Association’s (AIMA) Global Investor Board.
Fink serves in the co-chair position alongside Eduard van Gelderen, the founding chair of AIMA’s Global Investor Board and CIO of Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investments.
AIMA is the global representative of the alternative investment industry, with around 2,100 members in over 60 countries. AIMA’s fund manager members collectively manage more than $3 trillion in assets. The Global Investor Board, founded in 2022, publishes research on topics including hedge funds, liquidity management, portfolio construction, private credit, and private equity.
Meanwhile, SWIB Senior Portfolio Manager Chris Eckerman was appointed to the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) Board.
ILPA represents over 575 institutions and more than $2 trillion of private markets assets across public and corporate pensions, endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth funds around the world.
In addition, SWIB Portfolio Manager Hillary Holstein was recently appointed to the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society Madison Board.
CFA Society Madison is a local chapter of the CFA Institute, a global, nonprofit member organization of financial analysts, portfolio managers, and other investment professionals. Its members are employed with area insurance companies, banks, money managers, wealth management firms, public agencies, universities, and corporations.
Holstein joins a long line of SWIB staffers who served on the CFA Society Madison Board.
Recognition for SWIB
Fink has also been named one of Pension & Investments’ Influential Women in Institutional Investing. The award recognizes women with an outsized impact on the professional investment and retirement market.
Senior Portfolio Manager Chase Nicholson is one of 10 allocators named to Institutional Investor’s list of 2024 Rising Stars, who are professionals on track to become leaders within the industry. He was selected for his use of academic research and technical expertise to identify innovative and effective investment strategies.
SWIB’s Funds Alpha Team has been nominated as the Institutional Investor’s 2024 Allocators’ Choice Award for “Allocator with the Best Hedge Fund Portfolio.” It was nominated for its strong investment performance and focus on fostering strategic partnerships, which include co-investments.