Asset Allocation
Deval Patrick will run the socially responsible investment division at the Boston-based private equity firm.
Manager Selection
America’s largest pension has reduced expenses by $90 million over five years.
Manager Selection
Two academics have hit back after their popular measurement for active management came under scrutiny.
Newsmakers
A new name but unchanged focus—OCIO, risk advisory, and consulting—for the Seattle-based firm led by CEO Jeffrey MacLean.
Asset Allocation
Prices are high, and managers know it—but they are not reining in their bullish positions.
Asset Allocation
The $9.7 billion fund faces growing student pressure regarding its investment policies.
Newsmakers
BlackRock’s CEO warns of today’s “gambling culture” and the dangerous need for instant gratification.
Newsmakers
Is transition management coming back to life? Cantor Fitzgerald joins the market.
Newsmakers
Research suggests it’s not such a good idea to hire “model” fund managers.
Risk
Combining carry and trend strategies could lead to high risk-adjusted returns in both falling and rising interest rate environments.
Newsmakers
Leo de Bever and top academics will advise a large sovereign wealth fund on increasing its property and unlisted real assets limits.
Manager Selection
The city’s five pension funds will change their “heads or tails, Wall Street wins” approach to investing, according to the comptroller.
Newsmakers
The former chief of the city’s pension has taken on the role to manage the county’s public sector fund.
Regulation
Sergio Arvizú has called staff and union heads’ accusations baseless, slanderous, and a “smear campaign.”