Asset Allocation
Institutional Investors Begin to Embrace ETFs
Once used for cash or transition management, exchange-traded funds are taking a bigger role in institutional portfolios.
News
Technology
How Institutions Think About Their Data
The 2025 State Street Data Study found that having a holistic data strategy benefits investors, but while the opportunities are significant, challenges from integrating new data sources and keeping up with innovations, are daunting.
Technology
Technology as an Operations Tool
This year, Northern Trust's Global Asset Owner Peer Study found that allocators anticipate operational challenges over the next 12 months – and they’re looking to
technology as the solution.
technology as the solution.
Newsmakers
Australian Food Superannuation Fund Names New CIO
Richard Dinham was hired to fill the role permanently after a five-month consulting term.
Asset Allocation
Bowdoin College Endowment Returns 15.3% in Fiscal 2025
The institution’s assets rose to $2.9 billion at the end of June, and its long-term returns rank among the top 1% of university endowments.
Asset Allocation
NBIM Returns 5.8% in Q3, Driven by Materials, Telecom, Financials
Assets of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund rose to more than $2 trillion.
Asset Allocation
Most Digital Investors Plan to Include Stablecoins
Investors’ take-up of the developing type of cryptocurrency is expected to increase, according to research from stablecoin platform Brava Finance.
Regulation
PBGC Unveils 2026 Premiums With Modest Adjustments
The rates that pension plans must pay the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation will increase slightly next year.
Asset Allocation
Cornell Endowment Returns 12.3% in Fiscal 2025, Second Among Ivies
Assets of the Ithaca, New York-based university rose to $11.8 billion at the end of June.
Asset Allocation
UK Universities Seed Fossil-Free Investment Fund With More Than $670M
A coalition of 79 institutions of higher education includes both Cambridge and Oxford.
Asset Allocation
Canada Growth Fund Backs Ontario Nuclear Reactor Project
The Building Ontario Fund and PSP Investments’ CGF will provide a combined $2.15 billion to build four small modular reactors.
Market Moves
Tariffs Fuel Inflation Fears Among Insurance Companies
Insurance firms see inflation as the biggest threat to their investment strategy over the next year, per a BlackRock report.
Research
LPs Remain Under-Allocated to Private Markets, Leaving Many Reviewing Manager Relationships
Institutional investors seek to do more with fewer general partners, according to a survey released this week by Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
Corporate Moves
General Catalyst, Trian Seek to Buy Remaining Shares of Janus Henderson
A Janus Henderson special committee will consider the nonbinding takeover offer, which values the company at more than $7 billion.
Pensions
L&G Completes $6.14B Pension Risk Transfer With Ford UK Pensions
The buy-in transaction for 35,000 retirees is the largest in the country this year.