In Focus

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.

Data Room September 19, 2017

Emerging Snapshot

Investors have high hopes for emerging market growth. Growing consumer and technology trends are central to them.

Market Drilldown September 19, 2017

The Hedge Fund Turnaround

Glimmers of optimism keep mounting for the hedge fund industry. The renewed interest follows a brutal 2016, in which investors yanked $106 billion from the asset class, with the...

Market Drilldown September 19, 2017

Upwardly Mobile In China

Booming ­consumer spending is transforming the Chinese economy even as risks elsewhere soar. How investors can profit while avoiding peril.

Shop Talk September 19, 2017

Private Equity: Let the Good Times Roll?

Private equity chieftains are basking in the demand institutional investors are showing for their funds and aren’t shy about admitting it. “I’ve been doing this for 30 years, and...

September 19, 2017

A Nod to the Innovators

This issue is packed with wisdom from leading CIOs—including CalSTRS CIO Chris Ailman, who talks about the Spartan-inspired 300 Club for institutional investors, as well as his passive-yet-vocal investment...

Market Drilldown July 7, 2017

Sohn Speaker Serra Sees UK Gilts as a Short Play

Davide Serra sees the United Kingdom as the “divided kingdom,” one with a broken growth model, and says shorting the country’s government debt, or gilts, is a good bet....

Shop Talk July 7, 2017

Litigation Gamble

Law firms are willing to pay investors triple-digit returns.

Market Drilldown July 7, 2017

Remaking the Markets

The massive move from active to passive allocation has both investors and analysts wondering how it’s going to change the market—and the world.

Shop Talk July 7, 2017

CIO Summit Lures Best in Class

Top CIOs, asset managers pack the Harvard Club for the eighth annual CIO Summit.

Data Room July 7, 2017

LDI Struggle, CIO’s Leverage

When it comes to the leveraged, long-dated credit risk of liability driven investment (LDI) funds, banks will battle for their balance sheet.

Shop Talk July 7, 2017

Real Estate: What’s Hot and What’s Not

In some cases, CIOs see a cash cow.

Shop Talk July 7, 2017

Retaining the Young

Talent retention is always one of the greatest challenges for asset owners. CIOs share how they recruit and retain emerging talent.

Shop Talk May 8, 2017

Will GTAA Prove Itself?

GTAA, has not been standing still but has evolved in some new directions that reflect investors’ desire for a more opportunistic approach—and lower costs.

Market Drilldown May 8, 2017

Listening To The Greenback

Investors are increasingly looking overseas to put their dollars to work. But the dollar itself refuses to cooperate.

Market Drilldown May 8, 2017

Interrogation: 10 Investment Themes for ESG

Hackable automobiles, blockchain, wage gaps and plant-based proteins are all part of the equation for ESG investing. Doug Morrow researches the industry leaders heading the waves.