New Blood to Lead Corporate Swedish Pensions
Electrolux’s pension scheme has a new CIO, while Ericsson’s pension managing director is to retire.
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Reverse Engineering DC Plans
Overcoming plan sponsors’ short-termism is all about incentives, a World Bank working paper has argued.
Goldman Sachs and Bain Capital Settle Antitrust Violation Suit
The first two firms to settle the seven-year collusion suit, Goldman and Bain will pay $67 million and $54 million respectively.
All Aboard the World Cup (Investment) Bandwagon
As football’s (soccer’s) flagship tournament gets underway, consultants tell us why it matters to your investments (kind of).
Neal Takes Top Job at Australia's Future Fund
As David Neal ascends to managing director, the CIO role at one of the largest funds in the Asia Pacific region is now up for grabs.
Institutional Investors Bullish on PE Secondaries
Private
equity secondaries fundraising reached $13 billion year-to-date, more than
triple that of 2013.
IFC Private Equity CIO Steps Down After 14 Years
David Wilton,
who built out the World Bank affiliate’s $4 billion private equity portfolio,
will be leaving in July.
UK Public Pensions Put Active Managers Under the Microscope
Four pensions have employed a performance analysis service despite facing an enforced passive switch.
PIMCO Hires Hedge Fund Guru Geraldine Sundstrom
The
ex-Brevan Howard manager will join the bond shop’s multi-asset group in 2015.
Weinberg Foundation Nabs Ohio State’s CIO, Interim CIO
After hiring away the endowment's CIO, the $2 billion fund has added an investment deputy from the same office.
Institutional Investors Newly Tempted by Venture Capital
Endowments
and foundations are first in line to actively commit to venture capital in the
next 12 months, Preqin has found.
UK Pensions Regulator Clarifies its Position on Risk
Not all risk is bad, the Pensions Regulator says.
Dunatov: Volatility Measure ‘Dangerous’ for Long-Term Investors
The CIO of Coal Pension Trustees has argued that volatility is far too short-term a measure for pension fund investors.
Harvard’s Jane Mendillo Resigns
Mendillo
will leave the $33 billion endowment at the end of the year after serving six
years as its leader.
How Pensions Stayed Poor Despite 2013 Market Roar
US state and
local pension funds could expect to be at least 80% funded in 2017 under new
GASB standards, research has found.