Asset Allocation
2022 Not-for-Profit Investment Survey Finds Significant Presence in Private Markets
The trend coincides with an increased awareness of and emphasis on environmental, social and governance issues.
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Newsmakers
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Seeks New CIO
The $12.7 billion foundation is looking to replace Brian O’Neil, who is retiring at the end of the year.
Manager Selection
Allocators Plan to Boost Consultant Use, Cerulli Says
More than a third of asset allocators will up their usage or hire consulting firms for the first time, a survey finds.
Asset Allocation
New Mexico Teachers’ Fund Scores Small Gain for Fiscal Year
In a tough time for investments, the fund logs a 1% portfolio increase.
Newsmakers
Mercer Names Gene Lohmeyer US Not-for-Profit CIO
Investment officer joins the consulting and investment firm from the University of Oklahoma Foundation.
Asset Allocation
CalPERS’ New Asset Allocation Kicks In July 1
The $442 billion pension fund is shifting money out of public equity and into private equity and other alts.
Risk
There’s a Better Way to Harness Risk Parity Strategies, Says NISA
Leverage can distort managers’ results, making them look better than they are, its study charges.
Asset Allocation
TEXPERS Members’ Asset Shift Contradicts Conventional Wisdom
With rising rates and inflation, adding fixed income while reducing alts is the opposite of what most pensions are doing.
Asset Allocation
Ohio Teachers’ Pension Increases Alts and Fixed Income Targets, Decreases Public Equities
The pension was also able to implement a cost-of-living adjustment thanks to high returns this past year.
Asset Allocation
Why Is Africa’s Largest Pension Pulling Out of Africa’s Largest Asset Management Firm?
Allegations of poor management and corruption are the root of the problem.
Asset Allocation
TexPERS Returns 4.6% in Fiscal 2020
The performance falls well short of the pension funds’ benchmark and assumed rate of return.
Tactical Shifts: How Institutional Investors Are Adjusting Asset Mixes Now
Private credit, real estate, emerging markets. Here are the ways CIOs at HOOPP, the James Irvine Foundation, and two others are solving the allocation puzzle.
How Jeffrey Gundlach Gets Ready for Higher Rates
Check out the Bond King’s model portfolio designed to hedge against inflation and—oh, yeah—deflation, too.
Risk
Think You’ve Got the Risk-Return Mix Down? Guess Again
Many institutional investors trip on undetected hazards, Northern Trust study says.
Asset Management Culture
ESG Becoming the New Normal for European Pensions
The vast majority of pensions now consider the environmental, social, and governance risks to their investments.