Rethink Your Buckets: Asset Allocation for the Long Run
From aiCIO Magazine's June Issue: With portfolios emerging from the danger zone, a reexamination of asset allocation buckets may be in order. Aran Darling reports.
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LDI, But Not Now?
From aiCIO Magazine's June Issue: The secular trend in favor of LDI is gathering steam--but many plan sponsors of smaller and mid-sized corporate plans are trying to resist its lure. Benjamin Ruffel reports.
Defeating All Comers?
From aiCIO Magazine's June Issue: Norway’s sovereign fund is pioneering a new investment model based on transparency and ethics. Worthy, but is it working? Elizabeth Pfeuti reports.
Illinois Pensions Add Actuary to Boost Transparency, Public Image
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed a law to increase the transparency of the state's pension systems.
Confusion Reigns over Outsourcing/Fiduciary Management
Outsourcing investment decisions has pros and cons, but investors are unsure which are which.
Geopolitics, Liquidity, Solvency: Obstacles and Opportunities for Investors
How should investors position their portfolios for turbulent times? Brian Singer, head of dynamic allocation strategies at Chicago-based William Blair & Company, aims to answer that question.
How to Manage Risk Better – or the JP Morgan ‘Surprise’
No one likes surprises - at least in finance – so MSCI has set out guidance on how to best avoid them.
Why Wyoming's Pension System Lost Faith in Alpha
Jeffrey Straayer, a Senior Investment Officer at the $6.5 billion Wyoming Retirement System (WRS), says that the scheme's embrace of MSCI's risk-weighted index reflects an overall skepticism of active management and a propensity toward passive.
How Business Advice Could Improve Your Pension
Using techniques intended for business could help to run a better pension fund, actuaries have claimed.
Pension Funds Failing to Take Hedging Plunge
Longevity, inflation, and investment risks are the biggest fears for pension fund trustees, so why are so many failing to address them?
What Do Australia's Super Funds Want?
Australia's superannuation funds have moved away from active management toward cheaper access asset classes such as equities amid limited diversification, according to a paper by Round Tower Solutions.
Paper: Opportunities Scarce for Active Managers, Risk Recovery on the Horizon
Last year was disappointing for active equity managers and as an overall climate of risk aversion persists, many of the early indicators of a risk recovery are emerging, Wellington concludes.
Is Yale's Endowment the New Tiger Management?
From aiCIO Magazine's April Issue: Julian Robertson’s Tiger Cubs started some of the aughts’ most impressive hedge funds. Are David Swensen’s Yale Pups, increasingly in control of other foundations and endowments, the current decade’s equivalent?
Is Defined Aspiration Simply Risk-Shirking?
From aiCIO Magazine's April Issue: Is the 'third way' of corporate pension provision just another risk avoidance tactic for employers?
Low-Volatility Equity Strategies: A Common-Sense Perspective?
Low-volatility equity strategies are a realistic and common sense approach to target a reduction of risk while not necessarily sacrificing long-term returns, says Adrian Banner, Ph.D., Chief Investment Officer at INTECH Investment Management.