SSGA Chief Calls Out American Retirement Crisis
Auto-enrolment and auto-escalation in DC plans could reduce Americans’ retirement shortfall by as much as $740 billion, CEO Ron O’Hanley has argued.
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CPPIB’s Wiseman and Machin Defend Active Management
The $217 billion pension fund’s outgoing CEO and his successor respond to recent criticism of CPPIB’s investing strategy.
Prudential Loses Retirement CIO to Competitor
After nearly 30 years, the managing director departs for Mutual of Omaha.
Can Asset Management Disrupt Itself?
Providers are already finding answers to long-term challenges, argues Fitch Ratings.
Litigation Finance 101
What asset owners can learn from Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit financing.
The Risky Business of Liquidity
Investor risk perceptions can heavily influence international stock liquidity, a study has found.
LDI’s De-Risking Dominance
Most North American plan sponsors have already adopted liability-driven investing—but some are beginning to consider pension-risk transfers.
APG’s Claudia Kruse Takes Next Generation Crown
European asset owners voted for the continent’s top young leader at CIO’s Innovation Forum.
NYC, California Leaders Call for Pensions to Back LGBT Diversity
Comptrollers asked public fund fiduciaries to embrace a definition of board diversity that includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.
The Cost of Complete Divestment
Return impacts aside, the act of divestment in and of itself can cost funds billions.
CIO Henrik Gade Jepsen Exits ATP
He ends his 17-year career at Denmark’s largest pension plan as ATP welcomes Kaspar Arndt Lorenzen as the new investment chief.
Private Equity Distressed Specialist Fined Over Fees
Blackstreet Capital charged LPs for unsanctioned services—entertainment, donations, brokering—the SEC alleges.
DTE Energy Investment Chief Leaves for OCIO
Paul Cavazos has joined American Beacon Funds as CIO, and will focus on corporate pension plans and growing the mutual fund business.
Canadian Pension Vet Joins NZ Super
Doug Pearce finds his next project, two years after retiring as CIO of British Columbia’s public asset pool.
NISA Hires Again for DC Lifetime Income Team
Another 401(k) expert from AllianceBernstein joins the famed LDI firm.