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| Industry Intel Roundup—Featured Webinars | | Chief Investment Officer is pleased to present the next edition of our Industry Intelligence roundup. This week, we are featuring webinars sponsored by or featuring experts in the industry. The content was created to supply actionable insights to institutional asset owners regarding investing and governance. | | September 25, 2025 | | CIO Interview Series: Rich Nuzum, Head of OCIO, Franklin Templeton | | Join CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Executive Editor Amy Resnick in conversation with Rich Nuzum, the new head of OCIO at Franklin Templeton and the former executive director of investments at Mercer. They will discuss the evolution of OCIO and the future of institutional allocation. The conversation will touch on the long-term growth potential of outsourcing for all types of institutional asset owners, the fastest growing sectors for outsourcing, for which funds outsourcing makes sense, and fiduciary monitoring—for which fiduciary duties investors are still responsible. Nuzum will also share his thoughts on and insights into the growing trend of the collective defined contribution and the use of model portfolios and custom target-date funds by retirement and institutional investors. |
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| | June 26, 2025 | | CIO Interview Series: Barry Kenneth, CIO of the UK’s Pension Protection Fund | | Join CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Executive Editor Amy Resnick in conversation with Barry Kenneth, CIO of the UK’s Pension Protection Fund, with £32.1bn in assets under management as of March 31, 2024. As infrastructure projects globally are competing for investor assets, using examples from the UK, Kenneth will address how a scarcity of risk capital affects the ability to invest in infrastructure.
They will also discuss:
• How regulations affect infrastructure investing
• The interplay between interest rates and returns on infrastructure investing
• Reasons interest rates will diverge across the globe and how this affects long-term investing
Join us for an engaging discussion! |
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| | March 13, 2025 | | CIO Interview Series: Jonathan Grabel, CIO, LACERA | | Join CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Executive Editor Amy Resnick in conversation with Jonathan Grabel, CIO of the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association. They will discuss:
Constructing institutional investment portfolios against the changing dynamics of interest rates.
How the cost of capital affects fixed income and other asset classes.
Building skilled investment teams to manage institutional portfolios with operational effectiveness across all market environments.
Grabel will also share insights on LACERA’s new asset allocation and strategic initiatives for 2025. |
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| | July 18, 2024 | | Can Investors Earn Returns and End Cancer? | | One in five people worldwide will develop cancer before age 75. In the U.S., nearly $7 billion per year is spent on cancer research, and that total is expected to rise. Investment opportunities exist in immunotherapy, cell therapy, vaccines and other technologies. Private sector and government investment together will lead to world-changing therapies, meaning there is definite upside for investors. How can institutional asset owners capitalize on these opportunities? Asset owners, managers and advisers will discuss where to watch for investible insights. |
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| | April 18, 2024 | | Investing in the Energy Transition | | Listen as experts discuss the institutional investment opportunities in the global transition away from carbon-intensive energy sources and toward new sources, including hydrogen, LNG, solar, wind, hydro and geothermal. Additionally, they will review ways to realize returns from energy storage, carbon capture and other industrial changes, and they will cover divestiture and the concept of “orphaned by accident” segments of energy markets. Countries and companies are going to be spending money to invest in new industries that could attract global resources for a century or more. What kinds of trends, research and global developments should investors be watching as change happens? |
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