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February 4, 2021
In Focus: What Artificial Intelligence Can—and Can’t—Do for Investors

While machine learning still has major shortfalls, it is gaining ground at divining useful patterns, like analyzing how executives talk in earnings calls.

 

In Focus: What Artificial Intelligence Can—and Can’t—Do for Investors
CalSTRS Lambasts Exxon’s Red Ink and Carbon Capture Venture

The oil giant shows that it needs fresh faces in its boardroom, says the pension fund.

 

CalSTRS Lambasts Exxon’s Red Ink and Carbon Capture Venture
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Rhode Island Pension Fund Beats Benchmark with 11.9% Return in 2020

Portfolio gains roughly $876 million in last two months of year to raise asset value to a record $9.5 billion.

Rhode Island Pension Fund Beats Benchmark with 11.9% Return in 2020
CIO Pleads Guilty to Role in $100 Million Fraud

International Investment Group’s David Hu faces a maximum sentence of 45 years in prison.

CIO Pleads Guilty to Role in $100 Million Fraud
Post-COVID, What’s on the World Scene That Could Muck Things Up?

Geopolitics will continue to roil the investment landscape for US investors, experts warn. 

Post-COVID, What’s on the World Scene That Could Muck Things Up?
Editorial: CIOeditors@issmediasolutions.com
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 24, 2026
Inside Investment Offices: What Allocators Can Learn From Each Other
How does your investment team compare with those at other institutional investors? What governance structures, staffing models and operating practices are becoming more common across the industry? Join CIO for a candid discussion with institutional investors participating in the Allocator Insights Survey. They’ll share the peer benchmarks they find hardest to obtain, the information that will be most valuable to their organizations, and the significance of accurate data to the entire allocator community. Topics include investment team structure, technology adoption, governance, consultant relationships and asset allocation practices.
June 25, 2026
What Limited Partners Want
As limited partner expectations evolve, so must the strategies of general partners. This webinar will dive into the minds of today’s LPs—what drives their decisions, what earns their trust and what keeps them committed.
January 22, 2026
Investment Outlook
Market experts will deliver forward-looking insights on the U.S. economy and the global macroeconomic trends shaping investment decisions. Gain a clear perspective on the forces driving markets in 2026—from inflation and interest rate trajectories to sector performance and geopolitical risk.
November 20, 2025
CIO Interview Series: Katherine Molnar, CIO, Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System
A more digital asset-friendly U.S. administration has helped catalyze real changes in how digital assets are discussed. Katherine Molnar, CIO of the Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System, says her team has been investing in digital assets since 2018. Join Amy Resnick, Executive Editor of CIO, as she speaks with Molnar about the change in regulatory uncertainty; how the Fairfax County Retirement Systems has engaged with digital assets and tokenization; and how to get comfortable with the custody of digital assets and custodians.
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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