The Party Crasher
What happens when an inebriated and uninvited guest crashes CIO Summit New York? Things get messy.
Newsmakers
Not as Stubborn as They Look
Textron’s CIO and Morgan Stanley’s Caitlin Long on the nitty-gritty of the hibernation-versus-termination debate.
Rallying the Iconoclasts
Former Philips Pensioenfonds CIO Lars Dijkstra talks priorities, success measurement, and how to get a seat at the 300 Club’s table.
What Makes an Attractive Private Equity Firm?
Jonathan Grabel, CIO, New Mexico PERA, on what great private equity firms are—and are not.
Fidelity Terminates Transition Management Head
Kevin Byrne, a well-respected industry veteran, lost his job over “failure to supervise,” CIO has learned.
The Seven Rooms
Kip McDaniel on elite executive recruiters and their influence over which CIOs are allowed beyond the first room.
For Female Advancement, Lunch Won’t Cut It
Why mentorship and sponsorship programs aren’t enough to help young women up the ladder to asset management’s elite senior echelon.
The Talent Allocators
The Talent... Allocators
How to Lose Jobs & Alienate Everyone
Some asset owners parachute into
their dream jobs. Most don't.
Vanderbilt’s Risk Chief Joins OCIO
The two-time Forty Under Forty member Bola Olusanya will manage US equity portfolios for Strategic Investment Group.
AIG to Hire CIO for $357B Portfolio
The insurance giant wants to fill the investment chief position that has been vacant since 2013.
Risk Parity’s Hunger Games
There is an oligopoly in risk parity. Can newer shops lure capital away from the powerful elite?
Hauling Finance Out of the ’50s
An almost president and a government-backed fixer on bringing finance into the 21st century.
Pension De-Risking Lands in the Middle East
A Kuwait-based company has insured its UK pension benefits.