Damon Krytzer, a pension trustee, and Sam Kunz, the chief investment officer of Chicago's Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund, speak with aiCIO on misperceptions behind dynamic asset allocation and risk parity strategies.
Saker Nusseibeh, the head of investments of Hermes and chairman of the new 300 Club, tells aiCIO that institutional investors should avoid following the heard and instead question and scrutinize unnecessary complexity.
The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation is making progress in selecting a new chief investment officer to replace Jeffrey Scott, who departed from the fund in early August to join consulting firm Wurts and Associates.
The Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index -- which includes 16 countries and 50% of the world population -- has found that the Netherlands, Australia, and Switzerland holds the top three spots in the ranking, while the US ranks in 10th place.
According to new research published by Aviva Investors, UK pensions could have improved their long-term investment performance by up to 3.5% a year if trustees had applied dynamic asset allocation to their portfolios.
The United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has released a compendium to draw attention to how its signatories are implementing responsible investment practices in infrastructure investment.
The $146.9 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund has allocated $300 million to Artemis Real Estate Partners as its initial investment in a new emerging manager program.
In a letter from Norges Bank to the Ministry of Finance, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global revealed that it set an upper limit of $25 million on annual bonuses it pays to external fund managers.
Ross McLellan and Edward Pennings of State Street Global Markets’ portfolio solutions group – which covers transition management – have departed the firm following questions over the pricing of a fixed-income transition, multiple sources tell aiCIO.
Research by TheCityUK, a UK-based financial services trade organization, has discovered that worldwide investment management conventional assets rose 10% in 2010 to a record $79.27 trillion.
