From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: Tai, who together with her investment team oversees upward of $35 billion in defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) assets scattered around the globe, spoke with aiCIO on Hewlett-Packard's well-timed liability-driven investing (LDi) move, as well as the rigors of managing DB alongside DC.
From
aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: Jepsen, CIO of the US$137 billion
Danish pension AtP, spoke with aiCIO on the merits of safe sovereign
bonds, the benefits of a small central investment office, and his fund's
overarching focus on risk.
From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: In the early-August week that saw markets swing wildly, Baumgartner— Director of Asset Allocation and risk at the $11 billion Ford Foundation—sat with aiCIO to discuss the market environment, “true” diversification, and the end-goal of Foundation investing.
GovernanceMetrics International has introduced an online research platform that allows institutional investors and corporations to identify a company’s environmental, social, and governance risks.
New figures from Mercer show that August was a dismal month for US pension plan funding levels, which could have potential ramifications for 2012 financials.
Allianz, Europe's largest insurer, has restructured its asset management business, giving subsidiary PIMCO, the world’s largest bond manager, more freedom around distribution of its products.
Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard is adamant that the nation's trillion-dollar superannuation regime is sufficient, ruling out the need for a sovereign wealth fund.
Pacific Investment Management Co. founder Bill Gross says he has "lost sleep" over a wrong call on US Treasury bond interest rates, which cost him in his Total Return bond fund.
According to the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association, too few UK pension funds are adopting responsible investment approaches despite an uptick in interest.
Bank of America has sold about half of its 10% stake in China Construction Bank to a handful of sovereign-wealth funds and institutions in the US and Asia, totaling $8.3 billion before taxes.
Court documents show Lehman Brothers Holdings executives, including former Chairman Richard Fuld, are seeking the release of $90 million in insurance funds to settle a potential multibillion-dollar lawsuit brought by shareholders.
