Establishment Series: The Who’s Who, Transition Management Edition
From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: The who’s who of transition management.
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Polio, Covered Bridges—and Pension Buy-Ins
From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: Prudential executes the first American pension buy-in. What’s next?
Roland Lescure Thinks Diversification Is an Illusion
From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: Montreal-based Roland Lescure—Chief Investment Officer for the US$152 billion Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec—talks with aiCIO about diversification, its failings, and what this means for investment circa 2011.
Editorial: Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream
From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: Editor-in-Chief Kip McDaniel on the public pension uproar.
John Pearce Thinks Nothing Can Be Ruled Out
From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: Pierce, CIO of the US$23 billion UniSuper superannuation fund, spoke with our Woman in Australia about a rising Australian dollar environment, the restructuring of the fund’s illiquid asset allocation—and why government-made incentives in the infrastructure market will have a negligible impact on institutional investor decisionmaking.
Gretchen Tai Thinks There's Benefit in Being Dynamic
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.
Henrik Gade Jepsen Thinks Protection Is Paramount
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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.
Mark Baumgartner Thinks It's All Changed
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.
Exit Atlas
From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: Should asset owners be investing with managers that place so much weight on a single individual’s shoulders? Benjamin Ruffel reports.
Unmasking the Chicago School
From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: If the financial crisis exposed the Chicago School’s central economic theory -- the primacy of free markets unfettered by government intervention -- to be a False God, what will take its place? Joe Flood reports.
Paulson’s Big Short
From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: Following a disastrous summer for his hedge fund, is now the time to go long John Paulson?
Goodell as SEC, Belichick as CEO
From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: Does the NFL offer a playbook for the rest of the economy? A review by Editor-at-Large Joe Flood.
Betting on a Sand State Revival?
From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: One public pension considers in-kind contributions.
Cover Story: Sacramento's Kings
From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: An exclusive interview with two of the most influential chief investment officers in America - Chris Ailman of CalSTRS and Joe Dear of CalPERS.
Awkward Question: Can Dying Pensioners Save Pension Investing?
From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: Life Settlement Assets may make people uncomfortable – but they also may save corporate pensions.