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June 5, 2025
How Institutional Investors Can Win the Battle for Top Talent

Success can come from prioritizing diversity of opinions and workplace flexibility to recruit and retain investment, operations and technology personnel.

Franklin Templeton to Acquire Private Credit Manager Apera
The $5.7 billion firm will focus on direct lending in the European lower-middle market.
POPULAR STORIES
Steven Meier Named Institutional Vice Chair at Neuberger Berman
Gulf Sovereign Funds Join Paramount Bid for Warner Bros.
Apollo Acquires Stake in Welsh Soccer Club Wrexham
RTX CIO Robin Diamonte to Retire, Deputy Joe Fazzino Named Successor
Defense Bill Would Restrict US Investment in China
University of Utah to Fund Athletic Program via Private Equity
Vivek Jindal Named CIO of Caprock
The investment chief, formerly the CIO of Kore Private Wealth, most recently served as head of growth and private markets at Corient.
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Commits $300M to Real Assets, Alts
The IMRF made commitments with Blue Owl Real Estate, Khosla Ventures, Charlesbank Capital Partners and Great Hill Partners.
PSP Invests More Than $1.5B in Fiber Infrastructure Joint Venture With BCE
The partnership aims to build fiber networks in underserved areas of the U.S.
Due to AI, Norway’s $1.8T Pension Giant Needs No More Employees, for Now
The Government Pension Fund Global shed more than 37% of its workforce in 2024.
Rising Discount Rates Push Pension Risk Transfer Costs Lower in April
Transferring retiree assets now costs an estimated 101.1% of a plan’s accumulated benefit obligation.
TRENDING: How Asset Owners Are Attracting Talent and Their Issues Doing So

Careers at public pension funds, endowments and other institutional investors may not match the pay or the locations of private sector firms, but these institutions can still find an edge.

TRENDING: Aon Advises German Pension Clients of Risks to US Assets
The investment consultant recommended corporate pensions stop making new investments in the U.S.
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.
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.
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.
September 24, 2026
Allocator Insights
Get an exclusive first look at what your peers are doing.
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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