Tag: Portfolio Management

Asset Management Culture June 24, 2020

Pennsylvania Fund Debates How Best to Invest in Today’s Environment

Low stock valuations and bond yields leave PSERS questioning next moves.

Corporate Moves June 17, 2020

Exclusive: Raphael Arndt’s Ascension to CEO of the Future Fund

Arndt discusses with CIO his leadership strategies focusing on the democratization of intelligence and empowering individuals within the fund.

Risk March 13, 2020

San Francisco Pension Pledges to Go Carbon Neutral by 2050

The city employees’ retirement system joins others around the world who’ve promised to do the same.

Risk February 20, 2020

Texas TRS Looks to Replace Some Public Equity Allocation with Private Credit

The fund’s new CIO Jase Auby describes the portfolio’s new path forward.

Asset Allocation January 29, 2020

Australia’s Future Fund Invests Directly in Cloud Computing After Best Returns Since 2015

The Australian mega fund acquires a 24.1% stake in data center operations.

Asset Allocation November 18, 2019

CalPERS Falling Short of Private Equity Goals

Asset class shrinking, and pension will need to allocate at least $3 billion more than last fiscal year to sustain 8% target.

Asset Management Culture October 11, 2019

Case Study: Seeking More Agility, University of California Redesigns Fintech Platform

Collaborating with Solovis to transform data and processes, the university expects to save $2 million annually over 10 years with more agile platform.

News October 2, 2019

Los Angeles Lays Out Tentative Strategy for First-Time Real Assets Portfolio

Pension picks up infrastructure for the first time, and forms a new inaugural ‘real assets’ strategy.

Industry White Papers

Optimizing Pension Risk Transfer Timing and Execution Pension risk transfer transaction timing is always important — but now more than ever.

2020 Long-term Capital Market Assumptions Q3 Update

Investing in Real Estate, Look to New York—Here’s Why Capitalizing on near-term opportunities

2020 Long-term Capital Market Assumptions Q2 Update

Emerging Markets and Covid-19: Crisis or opportunity…or both? 2020 will be a challenging moment for Emerging Markets’ economies. But there will likely be a wide open Emerging Markets “door” that sees governments fall back on privatisation to bridge fiscal holes. In an environment of tight domestic monetary conditions and reduced cross border flows, the buyers of these assets have considerable advantage.

Meditations in an emergency Multi-Asset Strategist Adam Berger discusses the macro and market impact of the coronavirus and offers his "playbook" for the coming weeks and months, including thoughts on rebalancing and opportunistic investments.