Harvard Endowment Names Columbia’s Narv Narvekar CEO
Current Columbia CIO Peter Holland will replace Narvekar, who takes over Harvard's $36 billion endowment on December 5.
Newsmakers
Cornell Endowment Plots Office Move to NYC
The relocation will help attract more investment talent and place the fund “closer to world markets,” its CFO says.
Hedging on Liquid Alternatives
Can liquid alts provide the same benefits as a traditional hedge fund—or are they just a cheap knock-off?
DTE Energy Names CIO
Fiat Chrysler’s Angela Buk will fill the role left open by Paul Cavazos’ summer departure.
Michigan State Endowment Begins Building Investment Team
Following Phil Zecher’s appointment as its first CIO last year, the endowment has hired two new investment officers.
Insourcing Drive for PPF, Railpen
Two of the UK’s largest asset owners have created new roles as they expand their in-house teams.
Boston University Endowment Hires from Cambridge Associates
Charles Haigh, the consultant’s hedge fund co-head, has joined the $1.6 billion endowment as an investment director.
Stony Brook Foundation Hires CIO
Endowment veteran David Marcus succeeds the foundation’s inaugural investment chief Erin Abouzaid.
PGGM Names Private Markets CIO
The $225 billion Dutch pension has promoted Frank van Lennep to the role vacated by Ruulke Bagijn.
Leaving Asset-Owning Behind
After eight years of exponential growth in the outsourced-CIO sector, investing talent is following.
California Requires Public Pension Disclosure of Alts Fees
The controversial law will go into effect January 1, 2017.
Blue Pill vs. Red Pill
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and the dismantling of the EU: CIO imagines the world if.
On Change
Managing Editor Sage Um addresses change—in global politics, the consulting industry, and at CIO itself.