Corporate Moves
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation CIO Jeffrey Heil to Retire
Deputy CIO Leena Bhutta will take over for Heil on Jan. 1, 2022.
Tag: Chief Investment Officer
Corporate Moves
CIO Summer Hiring Continues to Sizzle
Sammons Financial, Aspen Insurance, and Insigneo are the latest firms to appoint new CIOs.
Corporate Moves
CalPERS Appoints Marlene Timberlake D’Adamo First DEI Officer
The former chief compliance officer at the $466 billion pension fund is moving into the newly permanent position.
Corporate Moves
Moneta Taps Aoifinn Devitt as CIO
Former CIO of the Chicago Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund becomes the first woman to manage the firm’s portfolio.
Corporate Moves
Ellen Ellison, University of Illinois Foundation CIO, Steps Down
The allocator shared on social media that she will be leaving to pursue other endowment and investment-related activities.
Asset Management Culture
Arch Capital Names Christine Todd CIO
Current CIO W. Preston Hutchings will leave later this year after more than 15 years at the post.
Corporate Moves
Richard Chau Named Tulane CIO
Interim CIO permanently replaces Jeremy Crigler, who left in September after 12 years at the helm.
Pensions
CalPERS Sues Former Employee for Allegedly Stealing Pension Money
More than $685,000 was stolen from 10 retirees, including a homeless person and beneficiaries under legal conservatorships, the fund said in its lawsuit.
Asset Management Culture
Lisa Howie Tapped as Smith College’s First CIO
Howie leaves Yale University after 12 years to lead the $2 billion women’s college endowment.
Corporate Moves
Missouri State Retirement System Seeks New CIO
Shannon Davidson is set to resign from $9.1 billion pension fund as early as October.
Pensions
CalPERS Suspends Search for New CIO
Pension system officials say they won’t restart the search until early July, and they didn’t offer a timetable as to when a new person will take the job.
Asset Management Culture
Rockefeller University Names Paula Volent New CIO
She joins the biomedical research institution from Bowdoin College and succeeds CIO Amy Falls, who’s moving to Northwestern.
Asset Management Culture
Controversy Still Follows CalPERS’ CIO Resignation
More than a half-year after Ben Meng resigned, a lawsuit and pending pension system policy decisions are bringing his departure back into the limelight.
Amy Falls: What’s Next for the Northwestern Endowment?
William McLean’s successor to the $12 billion fund has carefully built a successful track record over her decades-long career.
Newsmakers
State Employee Retirements at CalPERS Jump 15% in 2020
The pension system says the spike was ‘predicted’ and figured into planning for the $389 billion fund.