The Truth About Canadian Pensions
Often held up as the pioneers of pension investing, Aon Hewitt’s Global Pension Risk Survey surprisingly revealed Canadian pensions need to do much more de-risking and long-term planning.
Newsmakers
Schroders’ Solutions Head Joins USS as Director
Experienced new director for one of the UK’s largest pensions.
Consultants in NY Regulator's Firing Line
Callan Associates, Russell Investments, Towers Watson, Wilshire Associates, and others subpoenaed by the New York financial services superintendent.
Collective DC: The Fight Back Starts Here
Aon Hewitt has argued its modelling shows that collective defined contribution funds would have produced a 33% better return on individual DC funds.
Collective DC is Unsustainable, Say Fund Managers
The shared risk pension model used in the Netherlands—and perhaps soon to be adopted in the UK—is given the thumbs down by asset managers.
Your Next New Asset Class: Impact Investing
Ronnie Cohen, the founder of private equity giant APAX and godfather of venture capital, is on a mission to recruit institutional investors to his cause.
What’s Wrong—and Right—in Australian Superannuation?
A review of aiCIO’s 2013 Chief Investment Officer Summit Australia
Transition Management Must Change, Says Regulator
Some improvements have been made by transition managers, but they must try harder, the UK’s FCA has said.
US Fiscal Showdown Dents Investors’ Confidence
North American investors’ confidence levels moved into negative territory following the US government’s shutdown, according to State Street.
Texas Teachers’ Britt Harris to Receive aiCIO Lifetime Achievement Award
With stints at Verizon Investment Management, Bridgewater Associates, and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Harris’ has spent upwards of 25 years in institutional asset management.
Identifying Behavioral Woes of Institutional Investors
Nordic strategists and managers say institutional investors’ tendencies to herd, chase past performances, and second-guess decisions have contributed to underperformance.
What's Behind the Pension Lifeboat's Double-Digit Performance?
The UK’s Pension Protection Fund has credited its 109.6% funding ratio to a total return of 11.1% on invested assets.
And the World’s Next Most Influential Investor is…
The 300 Club has unveiled its latest member to aiCIO, and it’s one of our Power 100.
The Power 100 Process
From aiCIO magazine's October issue: Editor-in-Chief Kip McDaniel on the making of the list, and the subtle differences between CIOs and rappers.
USS Pilots New Investment into Heathrow Airport
One of the UK’s largest pension funds will invest £392 million in the UK’s largest airport.