“Ian is a very talented CIO and I and very pleased to work with him in relation to the Royal Mail Pension Plan.  He has great strategic vision, is always open to new ideas and challenges, and is also a shrewd negotiator who puts the needs of the RMPP and its members first at all times.” 

— Joanna Matthews, Client Director, Capital Crainfield

Maybe Fed bond-buying, foreign safety seeking, and low rates have changed its accuracy as a recession signal.

Nominations for innovative and talented asset owners and managers/servicers open until August 4.

Board questions how CalPERS can still help areas after end of California Initiative.

Jim Paulsen says public optimism is now so high that stocks likely have peaked.

The 2008 credit crisis highlighted the risks associated with having large sums of money invested in opaque, illiquid assets. Nine years later, little has changed to improve transparency in the alternative investments marketplace.

We are excited to have a roster of NextGen leaders this year that are not only brimming with optimism and ideas about what the future of what asset ownership could be – but also cleareyed about the new risks that stewardship entails!

We wanted to catch up with Jenny Chan, Senior Investment Officer, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation about some of her terrific insights.