MLPs: Too Good to Go On?
From aiCIO's June issue: Leanna Orr looks at the explosion of MLPs and asks if they can continue to outperform.
Newsmakers
Can You Have Too Many Bonds?
From aiCIO's June issue, Charlie Thomas asks where is the sweet spot for concentration in a bond portfolio.
Creative Self-Destruction
From aiCIO's June issue: Charlie Ruffel examines the changes in the asset management industry and assesses the potential impact.
Insurance Companies! EDHEC Wants to Talk to You…
Your experience and expertise are sought by academics.
Danish Pension Snaps Up Banking Crisis Casualty
The former Cantobank will be used to provide investment and savings products for PFA’s pensioners.
UK Pensions Lifeboat Unveils Three-Pronged Investment Plan
The UK’s Pension Protection Fund wants to move beyond grouping assets into hedging ones or return seeking ones.
The Young Europeans
From aiCIO Europe's June issue: What do young people want? aiCIO knows. Well, at a minimum we know what the young people responsible for billions in assets at the largest European pension funds want.
European Innovation Awards
From aiCIO Europe's June issue: aiCIO chose the Savoy Hotel in London for its pedigree as an innovator in its field. We invited our institutional investor guests for exactly the same reason.
Amsterdamned
From aiCIO Europe's June issue: The Netherlands, once renowned for its innovative investment strategies, is in danger of being castrated by regulatory pressures, terrified pension fund boards, and the smoothing regime. Charlie Thomas reports.
Tony Broccardo Keeps Things Ship Shape
From aiCIO Europe's June edition: With complex global investment structures and £24 billion in the pot, simplified governance structures are the way to go. Having a 25-year career in asset management and a highly financially literate trustee board is a good place to start…
Battle of the Fund Domiciles
From aiCIO Europe's June issue: Europe’s financial centres want your money—and they are pulling out all the stops to get it.
Bienvenue, Välkomna, Tervetuloa…
....and welcome to the first ever European edition of aiCIO--from aiCIO Europe's June edition.
Is this the End of Risk-Factor Investing? Or Only the Beginning?
From aiCIO Europe's June issue: Latin—the root of most common idioms on the European continent—and risk-factor investing have run an oddly similar course. Don’t believe it? Elizabeth Pfeuti invites you to read on.
Chinese SWF Boosts Domestic Banks As Economy Slows
China's four major state-owned banks revealed the amount of their A-shares that Central Huijin Investment has bought in an effort to shore up confidence in the financial market.
Californian Unfunded Liabilities: Double What We Thought
The new valuation criteria set by Moody’s put California’s financial situation in a much bleaker light.