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.
From
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Consultant Corner From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: Are buy lists constructed in a fair and reasonable way? Or, is there more that goes on behind closed doors?
In a recent Canadian academic paper, researchers assert that larger pension plans outperform their smaller peers due to asset allocation, internal management, and governance.