Russell Director Exits After Three Years
With the firm in flux, a director in Russell’s UK pension solutions group is now on gardening leave.
News
How Did Balanced Funds Weather the Crisis?
Is complexity overrated? Is risk parity working? CIO asks if pensions might have been better off sticking with the old ways.
On Baking Banking Partnerships
Investment banks are taking on new roles to pick up pension clients—including baking cookies.
A Beginner's Guide to Tackling Alternatives
Instead of paying trading costs later on, inexperienced investors could be better off with larger initial allocations to alternatives, according to academics.
Martin Roth is Searching for Returns—Everywhere
The pension chief at Manor, Switzerland’s largest department store, wants better yields on his investments—and is tearing up the Swiss rulebook to find them.
Looking Back to Look Forward
CIO’s European Editor ponders unintended consequences—for journalists, CIOs, and bond kings—as 2014 draws to a close.
Investors Demand More LDI Innovation
Despite a growing need for asset-liability matching strategies, product providers have not offered enough new thinking.
How To Land a Job in Alternatives
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley produced the highest number of analysts moving to the buy-side, but hedge fund jobs are still hard to come by.
A Note from the Editor-in-Chief
CIO’s boss on holiday parties, eggnog, and the fifth annual Industry Innovation Awards.
A Public Pension Partnership: The Details
Local authority pensions in Lancashire and London announced an investment partnership last week; CIO found out more.
Time Running Out on Longevity Risk, Warns OECD
It’s time to step up work on longevity risk to avoid pensions becoming unsustainable, says the OECD—and a group of UK actuaries have done just that.
Newsmakers
17 Signs You Were a CIO in 2014 (#6 Will Blow Your Mind)
Asset owners, prepare to nod vigorously.
Will Hedge Funds Make a Comeback in 2015?
Institutional investors are bullish on alternatives and say they would boost their allocations to hedge funds and private equity in 2015, according to a large survey.
European Demand Helps Record Year for Unlisted Property
$50 billion in fresh capital has come into the private real estate sector this year, even as the asset class faces fiercer competition and rising prices.
Low Yields Signal Dismal Future for UK Pensions
One in five UK pensions could be forced into the country’s lifeboat fund by 2050 if bond yields fail to meet official projections, a consultancy has claimed.