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September 29, 2025
How Timberland, Agriculture Can Fit Into Asset Owner Portfolios

Timber, farmland and other renewable resource investments provide steady returns, diversification and capital preservation.

Opinion: The Forces Propelling Direct Lending - As It Scales, Complexity Follows

What CIOs should be watching as private lending moves into the mainstream of corporate financing and institutional portfolios.

POPULAR STORIES
Despite High Market Concentration, Investors Are Holding On
WTW to Acquire Secondaries Manager FlowStone
Mercer Seeks New US CIO
How Investors Can Approach Portfolio Volatility Heading Into 2026
University of Chicago Endowment Rises 10.2% to $10.9B
Markets Battle Data Blackout, Cloudy Fed Outlook
Market Commentary, Thought Leadership Influence Manager Selection

Institutional investors value managers’ investment content, which overwhelmingly informs investment decisions, CoreData Research finds.

PE Hospital Ownership Led to Increase in Patient Deaths, Research Finds
Emergency room mortality increased after acquisition, a result of cuts to staffing and pay, according to researchers at Harvard Medical School, the University of Chicago and the University of Pittsburgh.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Names Adela Skenderasi as CIO
The OCIO executive will take the helm of the foundation’s investments in October.
Review Finds Impact Investing, Fossil Fuel Divestment Do Not Harm Returns
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund beat its primary benchmark while growing climate focus and ESG integration, consultant TIIP found.
IPERS Returns 9.87% in Fiscal 2025
Assets of the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System rose to $46.68 billion.
TRENDING: Pension Risk Transfer Lawsuit Against General Electric Dismissed
The company was accused of violating its fiduciary duty by picking Athene for a $1.7 billion PRT in 2020.
TRENDING: 2025 CIO Outsourced Investment Manager Survey

Asset managers responding to this year’s survey reported on the percentage of their portfolios that is outsourced, the average size of their organization’s investment staff, outsourcing goals and more.

Editorial: CIOeditors@issmediasolutions.com
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