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Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:

Commonfund, a leading investment manager for institutions, has just appointed Mark Anson as Chief Investment Officer (CIO).

Mr. Anson is currently CIO of the Robert Bass Family Office and will officially join Commonfund in January 2016. Previously, he has served as CIO of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the British Telecom Pension Scheme, and as President of Nuveen Investments.

At Commonfund, Mr. Anson will serve on the firm’s Operating Committee and will chair the Investment Policy and Asset Allocation Committees. He will report to Commonfund President and CEO, Catherine Keating.

"I am excited to be joining Commonfund, as it is a firm I have long admired for its innovation, investment leadership, and client stewardship in the nonprofit community," said Mr. Anson.

"Mark is known to many of you as an outstanding institutional investor and as a leader and innovator across asset classes, particularly in alternative investing," wrote Catherine Keating on Commonfund’s website.

Mr. Anson has published numerous journal articles and financial textbooks and is the author of the Handbook of Alternative Assets, the textbook used for the CAIA certification program.

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