Newsmakers

Pittsburgh Avoids Pension Takeover

The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania municipal pension plan had been threatened with a state takeover; by achieving a funding status over 50%, they have avoided it – for now.

Caxton Founders Retire, Tap CIO as Successor

Caxton Associates co-founders Bruce Kovner and Peter D'Angelo are retiring from the $10 billion hedge fund, and will be succeeded by Chief Investment Officer Andrew Law.

Exit Atlas

From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: Should asset owners be investing with managers that place so much weight on a single individual’s shoulders? Benjamin Ruffel reports.  

Unmasking the Chicago School

From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: If the financial crisis exposed the Chicago School’s central economic theory -- the primacy of free markets unfettered by government intervention -- to be a False God, what will take its place? Joe Flood reports.