Newsmakers

Outgoing CalPERS Board Member Criticizes Fund Earnings

Lou Moret, an outgoing CalPERS board member, has criticized the pension for investment earnings at the fund being below the median among institutional investors, as detailed in a quarterly earnings report by Wilshire.

CalPERS Calls Critical Stanford Pension Study an Exaggeration

Following a study by a Stanford University-based economic think tank that said California's public employee pension plans face long-term shortfalls as high as $500 billion, the nation's largest pension has issued a response highlighting perceived inaccuracies.  

Report: Pension Closures Are Accelerating

A new report by the United Kingdom's National Association of Pension Funds shows that more final-salary pension schemes have been shut to existing staff in the private sector during 2011. 

Book Review: Apple's Dilemma

From aiCIO Magazine's Winter 2011 Issue: What can Clay ­Christensen’s The Innovator’s­ Dilemma tell us about Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs?

Year in Preview

From aiCIO Magazine's Winter 2011 Issue: A look ahead to 2012 on the topics of risk parity, real estate, low-volatility investing, LDI, and commodity investing. 

Kim Walker Thinks It's Time to Get Real

From aiCIO Magazine's Winter 2011 Issue: Washington University’s $5 billion endowment chief investment officer Walker spoke with aiCIO about 2008, investment risk, and real assets.

Sam Kunz Thinks Overconfidence Plagues the Industry

From aiCIO Magazine's Winter 2011 Issue: Kunz, head of the Chicago Policeman's Annuity and Benefit Plan, spoke with aiCIO about international pension differences, mushroom hunting, and overconfidence.