FEG Acquires Dallas-Based Consultant Larry Thompson & Associates
The merged group will advise $58 billion in assets and expand into four office locations.
Newsmakers
Louisiana Municipal Pension Hires Inaugural CIO
Christopher Saik will lead the $800 million fund after a year-long search.
Why DC Can’t (or Won’t) Innovate
Are plan sponsors trying to solve the wrong problem?
Winter Is Coming
Defined benefit pensions are in decline, nowhere more so than in the UK. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to secure them.
Texas A&M Foundation Loses Investment VP
Janet Handley will be retiring after more than 15 years at the College Station, Texas-based fund.
Coffee Chaos, Data Diligence
When you’re in the de-risking game, creating order out of chaos is what you do.
GIC Promotes Lim Chow Kiat to CEO, Adds New CIO
The Singapore sovereign fund has reshuffled its leadership once again just months after making a number of changes in June.
DIY-ing LDI: Building an In-House Matching Portfolio
The Pension Protection Fund hired Trevor Welsh just over a year ago to insource its LDI capabilities. CIO finds out how he’s progressing.
Hilton Foundation Deputies Named Co-CIOs
Yatin Patel and Michael Buchman have been leading the foundation since Randy Kim’s abrupt exit in May.
NEST CIO to Chair EDHEC-Risk Board
Mark Fawcett succeeds AP2’s Tomas Franzén in the chairman role.
The Canadian Model to Getting Very, Very Fully Funded
HOOPP went LDI in 2003, light years ahead of its peers. But CIO Jim Keohane says he’s not finished—even after the funded status reached 122%.
Dartmouth CIO Pamela Peedin Resigns
A search is underway to replace the investment chief when she steps down in June.
How IBM Went LDI: Ray Kanner’s Exit Interview
A recently retired Kanner looks back on two decades at IBM’s pension—a period of transformation not just for his fund, but the industry as a whole.
PGGM Names Infrastructure Head
Erik van de Brake replaces Frank Roeters van Lennep, who was promoted to private markets CIO earlier this year.
LGIMA Appoints New CEO
The LDI provider appointed Aaron Meder, CIO of European parent company LGIM, as head of its American business.