George Washington U. Hires OCIO for $1.6B Endowment
Strategic Investment Group has won the outsourcing mandate after a nine-month search.
Newsmakers
Dutch Pension Giant ABP Names Chairman
The Netherlands’ biggest pension fund has a new chairman.
The Year That Wasn’t
What have European investors learned from in 2014 to arm them for the year ahead?
A CIO Christmas Carol
CIO Scrooge and his team are still working on Christmas Eve to eke out the last few basis points of the year.
Dutch Pension Funds in 2014: A Lament
The Dutch pension system is viewed as one of the best in the world. But according to Rabobank Pension Fund’s CIO Bernard Walschots, 2014 was not its finest hour—and 2015 looks little better.
Norway Adopts Fresh Responsible Investment Framework
The Ministry of Finance has passed oversight for the SWF’s responsible investing to Norges Bank and a five-strong ethics council.
Moore’s Law and Managing Money
A backward-looking, statistical view of risk where volatility dominates does not serve us well, writes former Schroders CIO Alan Brown.
The Best Thing for Active Managers? Passive Investors.
As institutions slash active mandates, managers on both sides of the active versus passive argument rejoice.
Fireworks in Frankfurt
Delegates at a pensions conference turn up the heat on the regulators.
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.