Pensions
LACERS Launches Search for Next CIO
The candidate will succeed Rodney June, who retired in July, as investment chief of the $28 billion pension.
News
Risk
Institutional Investors Stress Importance of Diversification in Credit
Allocators are taking a closer look at the makeup of their credit portfolios in an effort to mitigate concentration risk and add duration.
Newsmakers
IFM Investors Names Global Product Strategy Head
The appointment is designed to strengthen the firm’s ability to respond to changing market conditions and client priorities.
Asset Allocation
Columbia University Endowment Posts 18.3% Fiscal Year Return
Assets under managed rose to $17.9 billion, in a banner year for endowment investment performance.
Newsmakers
2026 CIO Lifetime Achievement Honorees Announced
Three allocators, each from three different parts of the instututional investing landscape, will be recognized November 16 at CIO's Industry Innovation Awards.
Pensions
TPT to Launch UK’s First Collective DC Multi-Employer Plan
The proposed fund would be the first open-market collective defined contribution scheme in the UK, potentially reshaping how employers and retirees share pension risk.
Pensions
Public Pension Funded Ratios Decline to 87.4% in September
Market losses during the month erased $112 billion in funding for the 100 largest U.S. public pensions.
Asset Allocation
Cornell Endowment Returns 16.9% in Fiscal 2026
Assets managed by the university rose to $13.6 billion at the end of June.
Newsmakers
BlackRock Sees OCIO Mandates Continuing to Grow in Size
Larger endowments and foundations could be next to outsource, and the manager is increasingly targeting healthcare and family offices for growth, says the firm’s multi-asset head, Ryan Marshall.
Opinion
Closing the Representation Gap: How Mega-Cap IPOs Test Benchmark Design
Free-float weighting of newly public companies in indexes can keep a corporate giant’s day-one footprint small.
Market Moves
Investors Eye Midterm Results
A change of political party control of Congress could shape fiscal policy, regulatory oversight and sector-level risks, even if inflation, interest rates and earnings remain the dominant forces driving markets.
Technology
AustralianSuper Launches a New Data Platform for $307.1B Portfolio
The new investment data system is designed to improve oversight, risk management and decision-making.
Alternatives
Liquidity, Distributions and the Exit Backlog: How Endowments Are Navigating the Drought
Endowments are not abandoning private equity, but they are being selective.
Alternatives
Private-Market Performance Under Pressure
Higher borrowing and input costs mean broadly buying the market does not guarantee the level of returns investors came to expect from private assets.
Alternatives
Institutional Real Estate Still Experiencing Unsteady Post-COVID Recovery
Could the largest valuation reset in the asset class since the global financial crisis create a compelling opportunity for institutional investors?