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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

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. 

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.  

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.  

Risk Instigation?

From aiCIO Magazine's Fall 2011 Issue: Charles Millard on what Dodd-Frank proposed reforms mean for pensions. 

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.

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?  

Buy Lists: How the Sausage Is Made

 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?