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

1Q25 Market Intelligence Report
  • 4 days ago

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

March 2025 Monthly Periodic Table of Investment Returns
  • 21 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: Year-End 2024
  • 1 month ago

The Style, Trend, Analysis & Research (STAR) report provides in-depth analysis of asset flows across 29 long-only strategies and a discussion of the Alternatives marketplace. The benefit is underst...

STAR Report Executive Summary: Year-End 2024The Style, Trend, Analysis & Research (STAR) report provides in-depth analysis of asset flows across 29 long-only strategies and a discussion of the Alternatives marketplace. The benefit is understanding market effects on investor asset flows.
  • 1 month ago

The Style, Trend, Analysis & Research (STAR) report provides in-depth analysis of asset flows across 29 long-only strategies and a discussion of the Alternatives marketplace. The benefit is underst...

Research Café - Private Equity Sector-Specialist Strategies
  • 1 month ago

Callan's Ashley Kahn, CAIA, interviews Chrissy Mehnert, author of the Private Equity Sector-Specialist Strategies paper, addressing several of the important considerations for large institutional l...

Private Equity Secondary Funds: Key Issues for Institutional Investors
  • 1 month ago

This paper describes the nature of and implementation of private equity secondary funds.

Private Equity Secondary Funds: Key Issues for Institutional InvestorsThis paper describes the nature of and implementation of private equity secondary funds.
  • 1 month ago

This paper describes the nature of and implementation of private equity secondary funds.

NAV Loans: What Investors and Managers Should Know
  • 1 month ago

Callan experts explain the purposes of NAV loans in private equity funds.

Real Estate Indicators, 4Q24
  • 2 months 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...