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CalPERS Calls Critical Stanford Pension Study an Exaggeration

Following a study by a Stanford University-based economic think tank that said California's public employee pension plans face long-term shortfalls as high as $500 billion, the nation's largest pension has issued a response highlighting perceived inaccuracies.  

Report: Pension Closures Are Accelerating

A new report by the United Kingdom's National Association of Pension Funds shows that more final-salary pension schemes have been shut to existing staff in the private sector during 2011. 

PIMCO Rethinks Asset Allocation

Mohamed A. El-Erian of the Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO) explains his thoughts on rethinking asset allocation in a changing world.  

Book Review: Apple's Dilemma

From aiCIO Magazine's Winter 2011 Issue: What can Clay ­Christensen’s The Innovator’s­ Dilemma tell us about Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs?

Year in Preview

From aiCIO Magazine's Winter 2011 Issue: A look ahead to 2012 on the topics of risk parity, real estate, low-volatility investing, LDI, and commodity investing. 

Kim Walker Thinks It's Time to Get Real

From aiCIO Magazine's Winter 2011 Issue: Washington University’s $5 billion endowment chief investment officer Walker spoke with aiCIO about 2008, investment risk, and real assets.

Sam Kunz Thinks Overconfidence Plagues the Industry

From aiCIO Magazine's Winter 2011 Issue: Kunz, head of the Chicago Policeman's Annuity and Benefit Plan, spoke with aiCIO about international pension differences, mushroom hunting, and overconfidence.

Consultant Corner: In Asset Management, Does Size Matter?

From aiCIO Magazine's Winter 2011 Issue: Is the focus—and sometimes obsession—on assets under management when judging and predicting performance often erroneous thinking, reflective of a lack of logic? Many consultants think so.