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Hedge Fund Rising Stars: Carrie Lo

Carrie Lo
California State Teachers’ Retirement System


Before joining California State Teachers’ Retirement System in 2009, Carrie Lo was a portfolio manager at San Francisco–based quantitative hedge fund firm ACI. Now 36 and a portfolio manager in CalSTRS’ Innovation and Risk group, Lo — who has a BS in business administration from the University of California, ­Berkeley, and an MS in finance from the London Business School — is helping to head the $150 billion, Sacramento-­based CalSTRS’ first foray into hedge funds. Its crosstown cousin, the ­California Public Employees’ Retirement ­System, started moving, albeit slowly, into hedge funds more than ten years ago. Now, aided by Lo’s guidance and analysis and starting with commitments to global macro managers, CalSTRS is proceeding as well. The system has begun rolling out its initial investments, having hired fund-of-funds firm Lyxor Asset Management last year to develop a separate account platform and act as an adviser.

Hedge Fund Rising Stars
NAMEFIRM
Rick GersonFalcon Edge Capital
David Ben-UrCaxton Alternative Management LP
Atwood 'Porter' CollinsSeawolf Capital
Javier DyerPermal Group
Adam FisherCommonwealth Opportunity Capital
Grace Gu BlackRock
Jason Karp Carlson Capital
Akiva Katz Bow Street
Laurie Katz GoldenTree Asset Management
Ingrid Kiefer Canyon Partners
Simon KrinskyHall Capital Partners
Drew McKnightFortress Investment Group
Marina Mekhlis Rocaton Investment Advisors
Neil MessingBureau of Asset Management, New York City
Gideon Nieuwoudt Silver Creek Capital Management
Ricky Nardis UBS Alternative Investment Solutions
Vinay Nair Ada Investments
Sean MurphyGame Creek Capital
Kimberly Mounts MAP Alternative Asset Management Company
Tony WaskiewiczSisters of Mercy Health Systems
Andrew Tsai Chalkstream Capital Group
David Solomon Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Howard Shainker Bow Street
Danny Sachnowitz Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust
Justin Press BTIG
Dean Curnutt Macro Risk Advisors
James Grossman Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System
Chris Paolino Hartford Investment Management
Mick McGuireMarcato Capital Management

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