DB Plans Eye Annuity Buyouts Despite Pricing Fears
Total buyouts could reach $500 billion by 2016 if interested plan sponsors annuitize just half of their liabilities, according to Mercer.
News Archive: Jul - 2015
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Smart Beta's Google Problem
Part two of CIO’s four-part Google Trends series: A look into the digital impact of one of investing’s hottest categories—and most hated names.
How (Not) to Tackle a Negative Cash Flow
Relying on cash buckets or tactical selling won’t help pensions meet a rising level of payouts to pensioners, a report has warned.
DTE Deputy Leaves for Fisher Family Office
Forty Under Forty member Kevin Kenneally will become the Fisher Group's director of investments.
Big Doesn’t Mean Better for HFs, Study Finds
Smaller hedge funds outperformed larger peers over the last 20 crisis-ridden years.
Foreign Investment Limits Loosened for Icelandic Pensions
Investors will be able to look offshore for opportunities for the first time this decade.
Fund Managers Dismiss IMF Stability Warnings
Assertions that mutual funds and management groups pose risks to the wider financial system have been disputed by an industry body.
San Diego County Terminates OCIO Salient
The $10.6 billion public pension fund and Salient Partners will end their relationship as of August 15.
What Keeps Endowments and Foundations Up at Night?
More than 80% of E&F investors are worried about not being able to meet long-term goals and critical funding needs 10 years from now, according to NEPC.
Why Plan Sponsors Make Bad Plan Designers
Employer incentives + member behavioral biases = poor DC outcomes, policy researchers argue.
Dallas Pension Takes Hit to Real Assets Portfolio
As the Dallas Police & Fire Pension hunts for a CIO, the reality of the task ahead becomes clear as losses of $460 million are reported.
Stanford CEO Dismisses Majority of Investment Team
All but a handful of Stanford’s investment staffers have lost their jobs under new CEO Robert Wallace, CIO has learned.
Fed Rate Rise 'Not the Only Show in Town'
“Diversify more, expect less” in 2015, say strategists—and don’t dwell too much on the next Federal Reserve announcement.
Dutch Pensions Hit as Regulator Moves Discount Rate
Coverage ratios tumble in the Netherlands, a nation once lauded for its well-funded pension system.
What Are You Hedging?
Three asset owners talk to CIO about protecting their portfolios from the actions of central banks.