{"id":85084,"date":"2025-07-23T05:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T05:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/85084\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T05:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T05:12:10","slug":"5-things-to-know-about-oregon-pers-big-bets-on-private-equity-other-alternative-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/85084\/","title":{"rendered":"5 things to know about Oregon PERS\u2019 big bets on private equity, other \u2018alternative\u2019 investments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JB3AFCT4E5CKLKI4S5EQHNP2IA\">Earlier this week, The Oregonian\/OregonLive published a story detailing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/business\/2025\/07\/oregon-pension-systems-risky-investment-strategy-under-scrutiny.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the state\u2019s distinctly aggressive investment strategy for its public pension fund<\/a>, one that is now heavily skewed toward so-called alternative investments, and more specifically, private equity funds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GFAL46F23BBGBKC5NAI4VKXWZY\">The opaque private partnerships now make up the largest slice of the pension fund\u2019s portfolio. They lock up the pension system\u2019s money for years at a time, making it more vulnerable to a financial downturn. They charge enormous fees.<b> <\/b>And flagging distributions from the funds in recent years have led to something of a cash crunch for the system, forcing it to sell investments to meet its annual benefit payments.<\/p>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this week, The Oregonian\/OregonLive published a story detailing the state\u2019s distinctly aggressive investment strategy for its public&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":81006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[64,55544,55545,255,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-85084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-pers","10":"tag-pers-heqauarters","11":"tag-personal-finance","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114900837665589193","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}