December 17, 2014
As institutions slash active mandates, managers on both sides of the active versus passive argument rejoice.
December 17, 2014
Delegates at a pensions conference turn up the heat on the regulators.
December 17, 2014
Short-term uncertainties in the commodity markets have led fund managers to build up some dry powder.
December 17, 2014
A bill to be scrutinised by the Californian senate in January could lead to forced divestments for the state’s biggest investors.
December 17, 2014
With the firm in flux, a director in Russell’s UK pension solutions group is now on gardening leave.
December 16, 2014
Is complexity overrated? Is risk parity working? CIO asks if pensions might have been better off sticking with the old ways.
December 16, 2014
Investment banks are taking on new roles to pick up pension clients—including baking cookies.
December 15, 2014
Instead of paying trading costs later on, inexperienced investors could be better off with larger initial allocations to alternatives, according to academics.
December 15, 2014
The pension chief at Manor, Switzerland’s largest department store, wants better yields on his investments—and is tearing up the Swiss rulebook to find them.
December 15, 2014
CIO ’s European Editor ponders unintended consequences—for journalists, CIOs, and bond kings—as 2014 draws to a close.
December 15, 2014
Despite a growing need for asset-liability matching strategies, product providers have not offered enough new thinking.
December 12, 2014
Goldman
Sachs and Morgan Stanley produced the highest number of analysts moving to the
buy-side, but hedge fund jobs are still hard to come by.
December 8, 2014
CIO ’s boss on holiday parties, eggnog, and the fifth annual Industry Innovation Awards.
December 8, 2014
Local authority pensions in Lancashire and London announced an investment partnership last week; CIO found out more.
December 8, 2014
It’s time to step up work on longevity risk to avoid pensions becoming unsustainable, says the OECD—and a group of UK actuaries have done just that.