Amit K. Walia

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Mr. Amit K.
Walia, CFA MBA, is a Portfolio Manager at The California Public Employees Retirement System.
Mr. Walia was employed as Senior Portfolio Manager & Partner by Highland Capital Management LP.
He earned his BTech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi and his MBA in Finance and CIS from the University of Rochester.

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The California Public Employees Retirement System The California Public Employees Retirement System Investment ManagersFinance CalPERS’ assets are managed by the CalPERS Board of Administration. CalPERS invests across a range of asset classes including global equity, private equity, fixed-income, real estate, infrastructure, forest land, inflation-linked bonds, liquidity and trust level. Strategies are managed both internally and through external managers.	Portfolio Manager-Equities	2014-12-31
Highland Capital Management LP Highland Capital Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Highland is a global alternative fixed income manager that specializes in bank loans, high yield credit, distressed debt, structured products, real assets, and long-short equities, with a global geographic reach. The firm’s investment philosophy is rooted in a value-oriented, long-term approach, which combines bottom-up research with top-down technical market analysis. Their analysts follow a rigorous and time-tested bottom-up credit analysis for each credit they manage. Highland is an activist firm and is included in the SharkWatch50 as one of the 50 most prominent and impactful activist investors.	Analyst-Equity	2012-04-30

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The California Public Employees Retirement System The California Public Employees Retirement System Investment ManagersFinance CalPERS’ assets are managed by the CalPERS Board of Administration. CalPERS invests across a range of asset classes including global equity, private equity, fixed-income, real estate, infrastructure, forest land, inflation-linked bonds, liquidity and trust level. Strategies are managed both internally and through external managers.	Finance
Rochester Christian University Rochester Christian University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Highland Capital Management LP Highland Capital Management LP Investment ManagersFinance Highland is a global alternative fixed income manager that specializes in bank loans, high yield credit, distressed debt, structured products, real assets, and long-short equities, with a global geographic reach. The firm’s investment philosophy is rooted in a value-oriented, long-term approach, which combines bottom-up research with top-down technical market analysis. Their analysts follow a rigorous and time-tested bottom-up credit analysis for each credit they manage. Highland is an activist firm and is included in the SharkWatch50 as one of the 50 most prominent and impactful activist investors.	Finance
Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services