Jerome Powell Won’t Get a 2nd Term as Fed Head, Says JPM Economist
The Democrats’ left wing will want a kindred spirit, rather than the GOP-appointed incumbent, Michael Feroli thinks.
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CIO Summer Hiring Continues to Sizzle
Sammons Financial, Aspen Insurance, and Insigneo are the latest firms to appoint new CIOs.
Investment Firm CEO Gets 5 Years in Prison for Securities Fraud
L-R Managers co-founder Donald LaGuardia has also been ordered to pay $6.6 million in fines and restitution.
TexPERS Returns 4.6% in Fiscal 2020
The performance falls well short of the pension funds’ benchmark and assumed rate of return.
Big Tech Is Too Expensive? Don’t Believe It, Says Cooperman
The billionaire investor thinks high P/Es now offer a better deal than in the future, when they’ll rise more.
Report: Fat From Funding, Corporate Pensions May Want to Hibernate
Now is a good time for well-funded DB plans to think about a hibernation portfolio, according to NISA.
Global Equities Spur Endowment Index 6.17% Higher in Q2
Its performance just beat the 6.11% gain posted by a 60/40 stock/bond portfolio.
Five CalPERS Board Members Take Sides in Election Race
Margaret Brown, a frequent critic of investment staff and the board, is up for re-election—and some of her peers are supporting her opponent.
Ackman: Delta Variant Won’t Stop a Roaring Economy
Recovery stocks are the place to be, says hedge fund chief, in contrast to his jeremiads of 2020.
CalPERS’ In-House Private Debt Program Is Dead
A California legislative committee killed a bill that would have allowed the pension system to hand out loans without full public disclosures about the borrower.
What’s Going to Happen to the Gold Price?
The yellow metal, after soaring in 2020, had a rough first half this year as recovery took hold. But now…
Exclusive: Minnesota State Pension to Achieve Highest Returns Since 1983
CIO Mansco Perry hits a new record while protecting liquidity.
Why Jeffrey Gundlach Thinks the Dollar Is ‘Doomed’
Federal and US trade deficits will eventually do a number on the greenback, says the Bond King.
Retirement Support Could Be Included in $2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
House Ways & Means Chairman Neal backs the recommendations of the new Racial Equity Initiative.
Kentucky Pension Systems Name New CEOs
John Chilton and Ed Owens III will helm KRS and CERS, respectively.