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FEATURE

Year in Preview: Risk Parity Strategies

Ephemeral or essential? Risk parity divides its critiques along these lines. Our prognosticators have their say.

BOOK REVIEW

Apple's Dilemma

What can Clay Christensen’s The Innovator’s­ Dilemma tell us about Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs?

AGENDA

Infrastructure—or Imprudent?

Are governments coercing funds to invest, or are such funds investing on their own volition—and with their own profit in mind?

INTERROGATION

Sam Kunz Thinks Overconfidence Plagues the Industry

Kunz, head of the Chicago Policeman's Annuity and Benefit Plan, spoke with aiCIO about international pension differences, mushroom hunting, and overconfidence.

FEATURE

Year in Preview: Low-Volatility Investing

The evidence seems robust, but does low-volatility investing really ensure stronger? 

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aiCIO News

NEWSMAKERS - JANUARY 27, 2012

The Endowment Effect: A Mind-trap Among Investors

The cognitive tendency among investors to get caught up in the endowment effect -- a mental roadblock that can cause investors to hold onto something too long -- applies to shares, bonds, and funds in a portfolio, a newly released report by Morningstar concludes. 

RISK MANAGEMENT - JANUARY 27, 2012

PBGC: American Airlines Is Misleading Employees Over Pension

"American Airlines is telling their workers and retirees not to worry, but they should," the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. said in a recent statement on how the bankruptcy of American Airlines will impact its pension.

ASSET ALLOCATION - JANUARY 27, 2012

European Investors Slam Sustainability ‘Stragglers’

Sustainable investors are targeting companies failing to improve corporate governance and environmental responsibility.

NEWSMAKERS - JANUARY 26, 2012

Rogerscasey: 'Terminating Investment Managers Should Not Be Borne From Frustration'

Even those managers that outpace their benchmarks for extended periods of time inevitably suffer missteps, according to a new whitepaper by Rogerscasey. 

MULTIMEDIA - JANUARY 26, 2012

Consultant Corner: The Public Pension vs. Endowment Fund CIO

Pete Keliuotis, managing director at consulting firm Strategic Investment Solutions, talks about the strains within the public pension system compared to the more flexible, resource-heavy endowment universe. 

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