How to Survive the Cutthroat Business of Outsourcing
Customization and de-risking strategies are key to winning and retaining OCIO mandates, according to research firm Cerulli Associates.
News Archive: Apr - 2015
Newsmakers
The ESG Takeover
Is environmental, social, and governance investing actually serious business for Europe’s largest investors?
What Price Yield? Fund Managers ‘Taking Excessive Risk’
Fixed-income funds may be taking on more risks than investors realize due to the huge demand for income.
Strife Erupts at U of Louisville Endowment
Compensation and transparency issues pushed two trustees to call for the university to take over management of the $1.1 billion fund.
Pension Funds Should Invest More in Oil & Gas… Says American Petroleum Institute Study
US public pension plans’ oil and natural gas investments averaged cumulative returns of 130% from 2005 to 2013, according to researchers.
Default by Design, Not by Neglect
Schroders' former CIO on why the industry owes it to defined contribution members to improve its offerings—and soon.
PIMCO Appoints Ben Bernanke as Senior Advisor
The former chief of the US Federal Reserve will advise the bond giant’s investment process as senior advisor.
Lloyds Bank to Enter UK Bulk Annuity Market
Scottish Widows is building a team to break into the growing de-risking sector.
Foundation Deputy to Lead Hamilton College’s Endowment
Anne Dinneen, of the James Irvine Foundation, has been hired to manage Hamilton College’s $922 million endowment.
The Great Inflation Conundrum
How do you hedge a risk when the tool box is so small—and everyone wants to use it?
Drinking Through a Diversity Hangover
As the fog clears... What if investors don't want diversity in asset management?
UK Annuity Reforms to ‘Boost De-Risking Market’
After a record year for risk-transfer deals, the changing shape of retirement in the UK could mean more capacity for insurers.
Advocacy Group: CIOs 'Showing Willful Negligence' with Climate Risk
Nearly 85% of the world’s largest investors have failed to implement climate-risk management systems, according to the nonprofit Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP).
Innovation’s Exit
CIO Europe's editor takes a new path to a familiar place—and finds fellow adventurers en route.