StepStone Atlantic Fund, L.P. Private Equity and Infrastructure Investment Plan Proposed: November 2020 Report Prepared For: Important Information This document is meant only to provide a broad overview for discussion purposes. All information provided here is subject to change. This document is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation to buy, or a recommendation for any security, or as an offer to provide advisory or other services by StepStone Group LP, StepStone Group Real Assets LP, StepStone Group Real Estate LP, StepStone Conversus LLC, Swiss Capital Invest Holding (Dublin) Ltd, Swiss Capital Alternative Investments AG or their subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, “StepStone”) in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, purchase or sale would be unlawful under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. 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All data is as of June 30, 2020 unless otherwise noted. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. ACTUAL PERFORMANCE MAY VARY. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Investment Plan (“Plan”) provides an overview of the investment approach and philosophy that StepStone Group LP (“StepStone”) will utilize in building a Private Markets Portfolio (Private Equity and Infrastructure Portfolio) for San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System (“SDCERS”) (the “Portfolio”). This version of the investment plan, formulated in October 2020, is forward looking and will be updated as necessary. There are three primary components to this Plan: • Investment Strategy • Portfolio Pacing • Risk Management Investment Strategy: StepStone anticipates that the primary driver of portfolio outperformance will be selecting the highest quality private market managers for the portfolio. In addition, StepStone will utilize its extensive proprietary research to target funds that operate in areas of the private markets that are positioned to outperform. The following is an overview of the areas of the private equity market that will be targeted: - Strategies: A broad range of private markets sectors will be targeted including Buyouts, Growth Equity, Venture Capital, Secondaries and Infrastructure. Infrastructure sub-sectors includes Energy and Power, Renewables, Transportation, Real Assets, Telecommunication, and Credit/Special Situations. StepStone will overweight the opportunistic approach with Secondaries, Co-Investments, and Seasoned Primaries. - J-Curve Mitigating Strategies: StepStone continues to target strategies which can lower the risk profile of the Fund and offer earlier distributions. This includes secondaries and other special situation strategies. - Fund Size: The Fund will continue to favor Small and Middle Market funds, which StepStone expects to outperform the larger end of the market. The Fund will also focus on emerging growth General Partners with an emphasis on growth equity investments. - Geographies: The Portfolio will invest globally, primarily targeting opportunities in the US, Western Europe and Developed Asia. Developed markets are generally more mature private markets that involve lower risk than Emerging Markets. In addition, StepStone expects to selectively invest a small allocation in Emerging Markets, including Chine, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Portfolio Pacing: • Commitment Plan: StepStone will target aggregate annual commitments ranging from $60 million to $180 million. The Portfolio will have the flexibility to invest greater or lesser amounts in any given year. Actual amount invested will be determined by changing market conditions, changes in valuation of SDCERS’ overall portfolio and the quality of funds in the market in any given year. An updated Portfolio Pacing Analysis will be provided to the SDCERS Board at least once per year in the Annual Review memorandum. • Cash Flow Projections: In the early years of the investment program, StepStone overweighted investments that generated relatively early cash flow (such as Secondaries and Seasoned Primaries). This served to reduce the typical J-curve that is experienced by young private equity portfolios. • Allocation by Fund and Year: StepStone will seek to make larger commitments to blind pool primaries with a limited pool of fund managers in which we have the highest conviction. Primaries will range from $10 million to $30 million. However, StepStone will emphasize an Opportunistic Portfolio, which selectively invests in Secondaries, Co- Private Markets Investment Plan 9 investments, and Seasoned Primaries. The Opportunistic investments typically are smaller in size, due to available allocation and risk management considerations. Secondaries will range from $1 million to $30 million per investment. Co-investments will range between $1 million and $15 million. Seasoned Primaries will range between $5 million and $30 million. Risk Management: StepStone will manage risk in the private markets program through a combination of (i) in-depth due diligence and (ii) portfolio construction techniques and active portfolio monitoring. - Due Diligence: StepStone will utilize a number of proprietary due diligence techniques designed to identify investments that involve inappropriate levels of investment risk or insufficient institutional controls. An emphasis will be placed on investments that offer superior transparency and limited (or appropriately managed) conflicts of interest. - Diversification: Portfolio risk will be reduced through appropriate diversification by sector, strategy and geography. StepStone will seek to balance the need to target the best individual investment opportunities with the need to maintain an appropriate level of portfolio diversification. Investments will be paced in a systematic way over multiple years to avoid inappropriate concentration of investments