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For more than nine decades, CalPERS has built retirement and health security for state, school, and public agency members who invest their life’s work in public service. Our pension fund serves more than 2 million members in the CalPERS retirement system, making us the largest defined-benefit public pension in the nation. We also administer health benefits for more than 1.5 million members and their families, making CalPERS the nation’s largest purchaser of public employee health services behind the U.S. government.
CalPERS Hires June Kim as Deputy Chief Investment Officer for Public Markets
Kim brings nearly three decades of investment experience to CalPERS
October 8, 2025
Communications & Stakeholder Relations
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Sacramento, Calif. – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced that it has hired June Kim as its new Deputy Chief Investment Officer for Public Markets. Kim has nearly three decades of investing experience, most recently as senior investment director of total fund management at the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS).
“June brings a proven track record of success in both the public and private sectors, and we are thrilled to welcome her to the CalPERS team,” said Chief Executive Officer Marcie Frost. “We look forward to June’s leadership and insight as she brings a wealth of investing knowledge to help CalPERS fulfill its mission to deliver retirement security to our members.”
At CalPERS, Kim will report to Chief Investment Officer Stephen Gilmore and work closely with the agency’s managing investment directors to lead decision-making across the portfolio. Her appointment will be effective December 1.
"We searched the globe for the right mix of experience and leadership and found the best person for the job right in our own backyard,” Gilmore said. “CalPERS will benefit from June’s knowledge of global public markets, her understanding of long-term horizons, and her experience in managing high-performing teams.”
At CalSTRS, Kim oversaw asset allocation, balance sheet management and investment risk across the fund, which was valued at $374.3 billion as of Aug. 31, 2025. Prior to that role, Kim served as the investment director of global equity at CalSTRS for 10 years.
“I am honored to join the team at CalPERS and continue the important work of providing a strong and secure retirement for those who have served California,” Kim said. “The mission at CalPERS is so crucial as we deliver on the promise of supporting the financial future of our members.”
“To say that June has made a huge contribution to CalSTRS’ investment success would be an understatement. She has been invaluable," said CalSTRS Chief Investment Officer Scott Chan. "Her recent efforts to develop the Total Fund Management division have laid the foundation for future growth. We will miss her deeply, but we're happy she has joined our colleagues at CalPERS to serve public sector workers in California."
Before joining CalSTRS, June served as head of equities for the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association. She also worked as an investment officer for the City of Los Angeles. Kim worked in the private sector before joining public service, with experience at Northern Trust Global Investments, Citibank, Barclays Global Investors, and Wilshire Associates.
She graduated with a degree in business economics from the University of California at Los Angeles and is a 2019 Finance Leaders Fellow of the Aspen Institute and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
NEW Managing Investment Director for CalPERS Private Debt Portfolio.
July 18, 2025
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System today announced that Mascha Canio has been named managing investment director for its private debt portfolio.
Canio has decades of experience managing a variety of asset types on behalf of pension systems. She joins CalPERS after nine years as head of credit and insurance-linked investments at Dutch pension fund service provider PGGM, where she has managed assets valued at approximately $17 billion.
“Mascha will bring a wealth of talent and experience to her new role,” said Chief Investment Officer Stephen Gilmore. “She’s spent a career working to improve returns for pension funds, and managed portfolios across different asset classes. These experiences and her keen understanding of credit markets will allow us to build on the success of our private debt program.”
Earlier this week, CalPERS announced that private debt earned a 12.8% return for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
In other senior positions at PGGM, always in combination with credit risk sharing, Canio was responsible for infrastructure, private equity, and insurance-linked investments. Her financial expertise was also tapped to shore up financially troubled segments of the Netherland’s economy during the 2008 financial crisis.
Before PGGM, Canio served as head of Europe at Octagon Credit Investors, a U.S.-based corporate credit investment advising firm. She set up the firm’s European office after it decided to expand into Europe, and managed investments in the European market for leveraged bank loans and high-yield bonds.