CalSTRS Adopts Sterlinks Technology

Sterlinks software platform offers California pension plan investment team broader market data, enhanced transparency with investment managers, and longer-term visibility on potential investment partners

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Jun 10, 2014, 08:00 ET

SAN FRANCISCO, June 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) this week adopted Sterlinks, a cloud-based utility that automates due diligence and analytics on investment opportunities. Sterlinks is the flagship technology product of Sterling Analytics (http://www.sterlinganalytics.net).

In addition to adopting the Sterlinks platform to expand and improve CalSTRS due diligence capabilities on global real estate investment opportunities, investment officers Josh Kawaii-Bogue and Kevin Bassi will represent CalSTRS on Sterling Analytics' Advisory Board.

CalSTRS is interested in leveraging technology and data to improve its investment process.

CalSTRS expects to use the Sterlinks platform to augment internal resources and reduce costs related to travel, document retrieval and administrative tasks.

"We believe Sterlinks gives the CalSTRS investment team access to a broader set of data and analytics related to investment opportunities, fund managers and operators. This will support our investment staff in navigating complex global real estate markets where access to the best local expertise and market data can be an advantage," said CalSTRS Director of Real Estate, Mike DiRe.

"We hope to use the data and analytics gained from the Sterlinks platform to supplement our research on major investment decisions related to our $22.4 billion real estate investment portfolio," said Investment Officer Josh Kawaii-Bogue.

"CalSTRS leadership is charged with steering the second-largest pension fund in the U.S. We look forward to supporting them with technology to achieve their investment objectives effectively," said Meera Balakumar, Director of Sterling Analytics.

The Sterlinks platform will offer the CalSTRS real estate team the following principal tools:

Partner Due Diligence hub: to centralize and automate due diligence on global investment managers and operators;
Sterlinks Notebook Client Relationship Management (CRM): to track and manage new and existing investment relationships; and
Network Builder: for desktop and mobile-enabled networking with global real estate investors, managers and operators.

About Sterling Analytics

Sterling Analytics provides institutional investors with technology tools designed to help them identify investment partners, build intelligent partner relationships, and manage partner due diligence. Sterling Analytics' flagship next-generation due diligence software, Sterlinks, is tailored to the needs of the institutional investment process. The Sterlinks platform integrates client relationship management ("CRM"), networking, due diligence and analytics to strengthen and build capital partnerships.

About CalSTRS

The California State Teachers' Retirement System, with a portfolio valued at $183.8 billion as of April 30, 2014, is the largest educator-only pension fund in the world. CalSTRS administers a hybrid retirement system, consisting of traditional defined benefit, cash balance and voluntary defined contribution plans. CalSTRS also provides disability and survivor benefits. CalSTRS serves California's 868,000 public school educators and their families from the state's 1,600 school districts, county offices of education and community college districts.

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