Aviva Appoints Replacement as McKinlay Exits CIO Role
A Forty Under Forty alum has stepped up to fill the top role at the UK insurer’s staff pension, while AXA IM has tapped a rival asset manager for a key sales position.
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Alaska’s Willoughby Scores TIFF CIO Role
The CIO of the $52 billion Alaska Permanent Fund will take over the prestigious role in October.
CalPERS Receives Top Score for ESG
The UN-backed PRI has awarded the $300 billion pension fund the highest grade possible for sustainable investing.
Why Your Asset Allocation is Wrong
If you've not factored in the financial state of your sponsor, your investment strategy could be wrong, academics have warned.
£3B in Passive Mandates Up for Grabs as Wales Joins Pooling Push
Eight Welsh pensions are planning a collective investment vehicle to pool their passive equity investments.
Kentucky Teachers CIO to Retire
Paul Yancey is to leave the pension after almost three decades.
La Caisse Inks $2.1B Infrastructure Co-Investment Deal
The Canadian pension fund has partnered with Mexican investors, as part of a plan to double its infrastructure portfolio by 2018.
Harvard’s Ex-Chair Joins Yale in Defending Endowments
High-profile accusations of endowment “hoarding” are not sitting well with leaders of prestigious—and wealthy—institutions.
US Public Pensions 'On the Road to Recovery'
After declines in funded levels over the past five years, state pensions are beginning to grow again, according to a new report.
Happy LP, Happy Life
True alignment of interest with alternatives managers is either a mythic unicorn or an achievable destination. But which is it?
Smart Beta’s Takeover
The so-hot-right-now strategy is creeping into more portfolios—and onto hedge fund turf.
Women in Alts Find No Favor Despite High Performance
Hedge funds owned or managed by women find capital-raising difficult, even while leading the industry in returns, according to KPMG.
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Priceless Artifacts, Extra Pandas, & $1B: Investing the Smithsonian
CIO Amy Chen goes back to basics.
What Have the Beatles Ever Done for Pensions?
A consultant’s 60s-themed party brings on some pensions-related nostalgia.