The Endowment Bracket: Harvard, Yale, and the Sweet Sixteen
A-List endowments go head-to-head in part three of CIO’s Google Trends series.
Newsmakers
How Asset Management Can Save Itself
Raising more than $1 billion in an investment product may well have been more luck than skill, according to a new report.
London Pension Urged to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Pressure is building in the UK capital to reduce the risks it faces from climate change and extreme weather.
Wanted: CIO to Lead UAW’s $55B Medical Trust
The position has been vacant since Ken Frier’s exit last September, and UAW is looking for the industry’s very best to fill the spot.
Merrill Lynch CIO Resigns for Family Office
Ashvin Chhabra—former CIO of Institute for Advanced Study—will be heading up Euclidean Capital, billionaire hedge fund manager James Simons’ family office.
DTE Deputy Leaves for Fisher Family Office
Forty Under Forty member Kevin Kenneally will become the Fisher Group's director of investments.
Dallas Pension Takes Hit to Real Assets Portfolio
As the Dallas Police & Fire Pension hunts for a CIO, the reality of the task ahead becomes clear as losses of $460 million are reported.
Stanford CEO Dismisses Majority of Investment Team
All but a handful of Stanford’s investment staffers have lost their jobs under new CEO Robert Wallace, CIO has learned.
Nominations Open for Industry Innovation Awards
You have until August 14 to tell us which asset owners and managers deserve to be singled out for innovations in business, strategy, and performance.
Star Dutch CIO to Lead UK Electricity Pension
Power 100 alum Rob Schreur is moving to the UK to oversee National Grid’s new pension strategy.
AstraZeneca Taps Mercer for Pensions Chief
Andrew Foster has taken the helm of the FTSE 100-listed company’s global pensions team after a 15-year stint at Mercer.
New Mexico’s Pension Fund Loses Deputy
Two-time Forty Under Forty member Julian Baca has left the $14.8 billion fund after nearly nine years.
McKinlay Lands Lloyds, HBOS Pension CIO Role
One of the top pension roles in the UK has been scooped by a CIO Power 100 member.
NEST Appoints New CEO
Helen Dean is to succeed Tim Jones at the helm of the UK’s national, multi-employer defined contribution pension.
£10B UK Pension Partnership Gets Green Light
London and Lancashire pensions have set their sights on an April 2016 launch date for their innovative new venture.