CalPERS Strikes Deal With San Bernardino Over Debt Payments
The Californian pension has agreed a plan with the bankrupt city of San Bernardino to repay deferred debts.
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The Most Coveted Job in the Land—Maybe
The search for CalPERS' new chief is underway and the CIO editorial team has a few (unscientific) guesses as to who could take up the "dream" job.
Norway’s SWF Lays Out Three-Year Strategic Plan
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund is serious about its diversification plans, with changes ahead for its equities, fixed income and real estate holdings by 2016.
Consulting’s Wunderkind
Venerable consultancy NEPC has a fresh, young new CIO. Now he needs the next big idea.
Catching Up with #TheRecession
After five years of silence, #TheRecession makes a return with more of his erratic rant against bitcoin, the sequester, Silicon Valley, and the magazine.
British Columbia Investments Names Fyfe as New CEO and CIO
The CEO and CIO of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board in
Canada is switching to take on the same role in his hometown of Victoria,
British Columbia.
Muppets No More
To start a magazine, it helps to be a hedgehog (if any pedants are reading this, it perhaps should be said that it helps to be like Isaiah Berlin’s hedgehog). And like that hedgehog, you need to know only one big thing, says CIO Founder Charlie Ruffel.
Wilshire and Morningstar Creep into Manager Analytics
The consultancy firm and ratings agency have added new fund and manager analysis tools to their product rosters.
CERN CEO Takes Investment Chair at Lombard Odier Pension
The Switzerland-based CEO has taken on a complementing role.
Big Funds are Not Beautiful, says Academic Study
If you want to keep outperforming, stay—or become—small.
Towers Watson Appoints CIOs in Step Towards Asset Management
Craig Baker and Chris Mansi are taking on newly-created roles at the consultancy giant.
Rocaton Builds Out DC Team
The consultancy has scooped Hewitt EnnisKnupp’s 403(b) chief Diane Improta, a 16-year HEK veteran.
KPMG: Asset Management Industry is Not Sustainable
The number of asset managers will halve by 2030 due to
demographic, behavioral, and technological changes, the consulting firm has said.
China’s SWF Chief Wants to 'Feed the World'
China
Investment Corporation’s Chairman and Chief Executive Ding Xuedong writes about
shifting interests to the agriculture investments.