Ministry of Finance to present decision-making assessment this spring.

Seeking climate change-related damages, city files lawsuit against five major oil companies.

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Bridgewater founder writes obscure post about the perils of gossip.

Rich Hall, who left Texas Teachers’ for Harvard, returns to Texas to join UTIMCO as deputy CIO. Harris says, “There are no near term plans to alter the endowment’s basic asset allocation at this time.”

What are some of the key drivers in servicing institutional investor clients in transitioning their portfolios? Asset flows. Dispersion. Risk mitigation. Technological advances. Here are the trends that William Cobbett, Head of Transition Management Americas, is seeing from his capital markets desk at Citi in New York, and how they may factor into an asset owner’s choice of transition manager.

With tax reform on the horizon and interest rates showing signs of rising, looking deep into corporate strategies was top-of-mind for asset owners this year.