Valuations Fail to Deter Private Equity Investors
High fees, $1.3 trillion in unspent capital, and soaring valuations—nothing has dampened investor appetite for unlisted equity.
News Archive: Dec - 2015
How Norway’s SWF Plans to Benchmark Real Assets
The $846 billion fund has formally requested to double the target size of its real estate portfolio.
Cliff Asness Defends Risk Parity
AQR’s co-founder puts recent risk parity performance into perspective.
The Best and Worst Asset Classes of 2016
It’s in with equity and out with bonds, according to a survey of institutional investors.
A Pension Fund Divorce
A trio of Danish pensions have split up after high-level disagreements.
PIMCO Boosts Bernanke to Chief Advisor
A former UK prime minister, sovereign fund CIO, ECB president, and State Department official have been tapped to join Bernanke on the ultra-elite advisory board.
Virginia Retirement System Nabs Alts Exec
The $68 billion fund’s inaugural portfolio strategy chief previously served as a BlackRock PM and founded her own firm.
UTC’s Diamonte Joins Morningstar Board
One of the most influential corporate pension CIOs has another board appointment.
Collaboration: Come Together or Go It Alone?
Could pooled assets catch on with the UK’s corporate pensions as they have with public funds?
Newsmakers
15 Signs You Were a CIO in 2015 (Sorry Managers, You Won’t Get #8)
A Bill Gross trainwreck, board meeting catnaps, and big money OCIO offers: Sound familiar?
The Diversifying World of Venture Capital
The ever-dynamic asset class is not for the weak or those with short-term views, research has shown.
Newsmakers
Prof. Britt Harris and His Army of Investing Titans
Texas Teachers’ CIO imparts wisdom, grooming talent from the ground up.
Why Investors Can't Ignore Climate Change
Reports show investors face mounting risks, especially as new carbon regulations are proposed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
The Paradox of Hedge Fund Activism
Activist investors can focus too hard on short-term performance, to the detriment of long-term value.
BlueCrest to Return $8B, Become Family Office
The hedge fund blamed changing fee levels and the challenge of meeting investor needs.