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A Year in Surveys

In our surveys throughout the year, asset owners let their voices be heard on topics such as outsourcing, transition management, and LDI. As we wrap up 2017, here’s a...
Market Drilldown

PBGC Rates to Rise

Fed up with paying what they view as ‘unfairly high’ Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) insurance premiums, defined benefit retirement plan sponsors are looking to shore up their underfunded...
Art by JooHee Yoon
Market Drilldown

Back to the Future

The last year was one of sharp departures from past trajectories. Donald Trump, a firebrand former reality television host, among other ventures, won the US presidential election, bucking what...
Shop Talk

Learning from the Swiss

Following the Pension 2020 rejection, Swiss citizens are still grappling with pension reform—as well as a resulting tax reduction. Had the September overhaul been accepted, Pension 2020 would have...
Art by Suharu Ogawa
Market Drilldown

Political Wildcards

Investors tend to focus on the factors they’re most familiar with when looking at markets. Analyzing items such as corporate earnings and economic indicators take center stage. The past...
Art by Chris Buzelli

CIO Profile: Rich Nuzum (Mercer)

Rich Nuzum determines his clients’ sources of competitive edge and then matches them to investments that are less correlated to stock markets. In order to achieve diversification in an...
Art by Chris Buzelli

CIO Profile: Raphael Arndt (Australian Future Fund)

Raphael Arndt didn’t begin his career as an investor; but rather as an infrastructure engineer right out of school in 1992. He came to investing—in 2001—out of frustration, after an infrastructure...
Art by Chris Buzelli

CIO Profile: Bob Watson (FCA, US)

Bob Watson is a 32-year veteran of FCA US. He tells CIO that a passion for cars brought him to the business straight out of school, and even though...
Art by Chris Buzelli

CIO Profile: Elisabeth Bourqui (ABB Group)

Zurich-based ABB is one of the largest engineering companies in the world. Because of its global presence, the company also has a global population of pension plan participants, which...