Newsmakers
CERN CEO Takes Investment Chair at Lombard Odier Pension
The Switzerland-based CEO has taken on a complementing role.
Towers Watson Appoints CIOs in Step Towards Asset Management
Craig Baker and Chris Mansi are taking on newly-created roles at the consultancy giant.
Rocaton Builds Out DC Team
The consultancy has scooped Hewitt EnnisKnupp’s 403(b) chief Diane Improta, a 16-year HEK veteran.
China’s SWF Chief Wants to 'Feed the World'
China
Investment Corporation’s Chairman and Chief Executive Ding Xuedong writes about
shifting interests to the agriculture investments.
New CIO for New Zealand Super
Matt Whineray has been promoted to become the first CIO of the country's sovereign wealth fund.
PGGM Makes Play for Smaller Peers With New Fiduciary Arm
The pension investor is sweetening its offering to attract assets from fellow funds.
New Blood to Lead Corporate Swedish Pensions
Electrolux’s pension scheme has a new CIO, while Ericsson’s pension managing director is to retire.
Reverse Engineering DC Plans
Overcoming plan sponsors’ short-termism is all about incentives, a World Bank working paper has argued.
All Aboard the World Cup (Investment) Bandwagon
As football’s (soccer’s) flagship tournament gets underway, consultants tell us why it matters to your investments (kind of).
Neal Takes Top Job at Australia's Future Fund
As David Neal ascends to managing director, the CIO role at one of the largest funds in the Asia Pacific region is now up for grabs.
IFC Private Equity CIO Steps Down After 14 Years
David Wilton,
who built out the World Bank affiliate’s $4 billion private equity portfolio,
will be leaving in July.
PIMCO Hires Hedge Fund Guru Geraldine Sundstrom
The
ex-Brevan Howard manager will join the bond shop’s multi-asset group in 2015.
Weinberg Foundation Nabs Ohio State’s CIO, Interim CIO
After hiring away the endowment's CIO, the $2 billion fund has added an investment deputy from the same office.
Harvard’s Jane Mendillo Resigns
Mendillo
will leave the $33 billion endowment at the end of the year after serving six
years as its leader.