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Market Drilldown April 24, 2024

It’s Just the Beginning for Surging Secondary PE Sales

Used as an escape hatch when private equity is in the doldrums, this venue has become established enough to keep going in better days, strategists say.

CIO Spotlight December 7, 2017

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...

CIO Spotlight December 7, 2017

CIO Profile: Brian Reed (Computer Sciences — CSRA Inc.)

When Brian Reed joined Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) as the director of retirement plan assets in 2012, the company was involved in a major restructuring. Reed was tasked with...

CIO Spotlight December 7, 2017

CIO Profile: Tom Joy (Church Commissioners for England)

Innovation can come from blending and managing goals that can sometimes be at odds with each other. Tom Joy has done exactly that over the last year. The chief...

CIO Spotlight December 7, 2017

CIO Profile: Kim Lew (The Carnegie Corporation of New York)

Kim Lew has rightly gained a reputation for innovative investing during her tenure as CIO of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. She says it’s driven by a willingness...

CIO Spotlight November 20, 2017

Interrogation: Harshal Chaudhari

Harshal Chaudhari became IBM’s new CIO barely a year ago, in 2016, upon being tapped internally from his CFO post. It followed a gradual ladder climb, which he began...

CIO Spotlight November 20, 2017

Interrogation: Brian Pellegrino

In 2017, UPS announced it would freeze benefits to 70,000 non-union active employees in the management defined benefit plan by 2023. Its other non-union and union plans will remain...

CIO Spotlight November 20, 2017

Interrogation: Bob Hunkeler

His thoughts on date triggers, derivatives, and International Paper’s $1 billion debt offering to fund its DB plan.

Market Drilldown November 16, 2017

Where to From Here?

Bolstered by hopes of fiscal expansion and above-trend GDP growth, 2017 saw expectations of rate rises climb—only to roll over again.

Market Drilldown November 16, 2017

LDI Shines Bright

Prospects align to make 2017 a year for finding or borrowing wealth to fund pension plans.

Market Drilldown November 16, 2017

NEPC: As More Plans Turn to LDI, Customization Becomes Popular

Treasury STRIPS and custom LDI mandates have increased over the past five years, NEPC’s 2017 Defined Benefit Plan Trends Survey shows. Plan sponsors are taking a closer look at...

Shop Talk November 16, 2017

DIY Annuities Are Here

Over the past five years, plan sponsors have started to look for greater customization in LDI strategies. Private debt could be an option for plans that still have funding...

Shop Talk November 16, 2017

Institutional investors who may be worried about writing bigger checks than they expected for their pension contributions may want to start thinking about liability-driven investing (LDI) now, before any...