Pension Funds v. Private Equity?
From aiCIO Magazine's February Issue: Pension funds are riding their private equity partners hard. Should they be? John Keefe reports.
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Ewart Williams Believes in Sovereign Fund Efficiencies
From aiCIO Magazine's February Issue: Ewart Williams, Director of Investments at the Heritage and Stabilization Fund, Trinidad and Tobago, runs the Caribbean nation’s Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) in addition to being governor of its central bank.
Cees Dert Asks “Where Do You Want to Be?”
From aiCIO Magazine's February Issue: Cees Dert and his team ask the trustees of the Dutch ABN Amro pension scheme where they want to be, and only after they have answered does he reveal how he plans to get them there.
Consultant Corner: Are Investment Consultants Ready for Dodd-Frank?
From aiCIO Magazine's February Issue: Investment consultants on their level preparedness amid a changing regulatory environment.
Rates Rise; Then What?
From aiCIO Magazine's February Issue: What happens to the assets and liabilities of various capital pools when--not if--rates eventually rise?
Embracing Hype?
From aiCIO Magazine's February Issue: Is the Facebook IPO evidence of a technology bubble?
Mining Manager Bulls&!t
From aiCIO Magazine's February Issue: A public pension trustee uses his past interrogation experience to weed out potentially suspect asset managers.
Dutch Masters on Unfamiliar Turf
From aiCIO Magazine's February Issue: The Dutch pension market is often cited as the best in the world, but are problems emerging in this supposed pension El Dorado?
Failing Unconventionally—Or Not at All?
From aiCIO Magazine's February Issue: Risk parity, although gaining prominence in the United States, is a different beast across the Atlantic.
Reluctant Voices
From aiCIO Magazine's February Issue: State Street's transition management problems have been revealed, but ConvergEx will soon take the lead as the posterboy for the industry's misdeeds. Reported by Kip McDaniel and Elizabeth Pfeuti.
Poor Hedge Fund Risk Management Turning Off Investors
Risk management is now a bigger factor than liquidity and transparency for investors considering hedge funds, and many have been turned off.
Investment Outsourcing, Fiduciary Management Fails to Please
Investment outsourcing and fiduciary management are getting top marks with only half of their audience, despite a growing client base.
Pensions Join Push for Female Directors
Public pension funds add their voice to demands for better female representation on UK company boards.
Post-Crisis High Inflows for New Asian Hedge Funds
The most money in five years flowed into fewer new hedge funds in Asia last year as investors exploited quality in the region.
Cuomo: Pension Reform in Budget Is Albany's Central Power Struggle
"There must be pension reform in the budget," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has asserted, noting that "this is the central power struggle of Albany."