It has approved a 5% allocation to gold to help diversify the fund's portfolio and to "hedge against the risk of inflation" according to Bloomberg.

The change was approved as "the first step" in an ongoing asset review that was presented to the fund's board on August 26. 

The fund was following the advice of its investment consultant, Wilshire Assocaites, in adding the gold allocation, according to Pensions & Investments. Additionally, the fund plans on adding the gold stake by borrowing; the fund is reportedly increasing its leverage from 20% to 25% to make the change.

"No new manager has been selected, and there currently is no timeline for implementing this change," P&I reported.