Callan

since 1973
  • 51-200 employees
  • Financial Services

Callan

Callan was founded as an employee-owned investment consulting firm in 1973. Ever since, we have empowered institutional investors with creative, customized investment solutions backed by proprietary research, exclusive data, and ongoing education. Today, Callan advises on more than $3 trillion in total fund sponsor assets, which makes it among the largest independently owned investment consulting firms in the U.S.

Callan uses a client-focused consulting model to serve pension and defined contribution plan sponsors, endowments, foundations, independent investment advisers, investment managers, and other asset owners. Headquartered in San Francisco, Callan also has offices in Chicago, Denver, Atlanta, Summit, NJ, and Portland, OR.

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Expertise

Institutional Investment Consulting, Asset Management, and Financial Research & Data

3Q25 Market Intelligence Report
  • 9 days ago

The Market Intelligence Report provides detailed insights into search activity and investment trends to help investment managers.

2025 Asset Manager Sustainable Investment Practices Study
  • 16 days ago

Callan’s second Asset Manager Sustainable Investment Practices Study analyzes responses to various environmental, social, and governance questions in Callan's manager database by firm size, asset c...

2025 Asset Manager Sustainable Investment Practices StudyCallan’s second Asset Manager Sustainable Investment Practices Study analyzes responses to various environmental, social, and governance questions in Callan's manager database by firm size, asset class, country of domicile, and ownership structure. The results reflect input from over 1,500 unique organizations.
  • 16 days ago

Callan’s second Asset Manager Sustainable Investment Practices Study analyzes responses to various environmental, social, and governance questions in Callan's manager database by firm size, asset c...

September 2025 Monthly Periodic Table of Investment Returns
  • 22 days ago

A monthly update for Callan’s Periodic Table of Investment Returns, covering public equity, fixed income, and real estate.

STAR Report Executive Summary: Mid-Year 2025
  • 1 month ago

The Style, Trend, Analysis & Research (STAR) report provides in-depth analysis of asset flows across 29 long-only strategies. The benefit is understanding market effects on investor asset flows.

Real Estate Indicators, 2Q25
  • 1 month ago

Real Estate Indicators, 2Q25Callan's Real Assets Consulting group identifies seven indicators--based on spreads in real estate and fixed income markets--that, combined with an understanding of prevailing market dynamics, have helped signal when the institutional real estate market is overheated or cooled.
  • 1 month ago

Callan's Real Assets Consulting group identifies seven indicators--based on spreads in real estate and fixed income markets--that, combined with an understanding of prevailing market dynamics, have...

Research Café: ESG Interview Series
  • 2 months ago

Callan's Kyle Fekete, CFA, interviews Stephen Liberatore, CFA, head of ESG/Impact at Nuveen. They discuss the concept of impact investing in fixed income, frameworks to address the topic, and curre...

Research Café - Modeling Returns and Managing Market Cap Weights
  • 2 months ago

Callan's David Wong, CFA, and Sarie Diloné, discuss net asset value (NAV) loans, what institutional investors should understand about them, and how private equity investment managers use them.