Fireworks in Frankfurt
Delegates at a pensions conference turn up the heat on the regulators.
Newsmakers
Russell Director Exits After Three Years
With the firm in flux, a director in Russell’s UK pension solutions group is now on gardening leave.
How Did Balanced Funds Weather the Crisis?
Is complexity overrated? Is risk parity working? CIO asks if pensions might have been better off sticking with the old ways.
On Baking Banking Partnerships
Investment banks are taking on new roles to pick up pension clients—including baking cookies.
A Beginner's Guide to Tackling Alternatives
Instead of paying trading costs later on, inexperienced investors could be better off with larger initial allocations to alternatives, according to academics.
Martin Roth is Searching for Returns—Everywhere
The pension chief at Manor, Switzerland’s largest department store, wants better yields on his investments—and is tearing up the Swiss rulebook to find them.
Looking Back to Look Forward
CIO’s European Editor ponders unintended consequences—for journalists, CIOs, and bond kings—as 2014 draws to a close.
How To Land a Job in Alternatives
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley produced the highest number of analysts moving to the buy-side, but hedge fund jobs are still hard to come by.
A Note from the Editor-in-Chief
CIO’s boss on holiday parties, eggnog, and the fifth annual Industry Innovation Awards.
Low Yields Signal Dismal Future for UK Pensions
One in five UK pensions could be forced into the country’s lifeboat fund by 2050 if bond yields fail to meet official projections, a consultancy has claimed.
Fund Managers’ Tax Practices Under Scrutiny
The UK’s chancellor has proposed to turn the screw on individual fund managers who are paying less tax than they ought to.
New York University Endowment Loses CIO
Tina Surh will leave the $3.5 billion endowment on December 31, 2014 after five years as chief investment officer.
Ontario Teachers’ Names New London Office Head
As the $124 billion pension plunges ahead with its overseas expansion, a private equity veteran has taken over its EMEA operations.
NAPF Loses Investment Policy Chief to Fund Manager
Helen Roberts is to return to the fixed-income sector, joining ECM Asset Management.