Investor Shopping List: Cash, Japan, and the US Dollar
Bullish sentiment has receded; safe havens and bold economic policies are luring investors.
News Archive: Apr - 2013
Israel Pushes For Sovereign Wealth Fund to Protect Shekel
Production of natural gas leads parliament to vote in favour of a SWF.
CalPERS Adds Derivatives to Absolute Return Parameters
Derivatives are on the menu for the largest US public pension, as it shakes up its absolute return portfolio.
Troubled Employers Delay Pension Payments to Stay Alive
The UK has seen a rise in the number of struggling employers delaying their pension contribution payments, according to new figures from law firm Pinsent Masons.
Photo Gallery: 2013 CIO Summit, New York City
Two days, three fireside chats, nine panels, and 92 photos later, a retrospective look at the fourth-annual CIO Summit.
aiCIO Summit: LDI or Pension Risk Management?
A star example of the LDI trend, CenturyLink Investment Management, isn’t actually practicing LDI, according to two managers at the conference.
aiCIO Summit: Why Risk Parity is Perfect For DC
Risk parity is “absolutely appropriate” for defined contribution schemes, conference hears.
aiCIO Summit: How to Help Traders Capture More Alpha
Conference hears that portfolio manager instructions can be overly specific.
Royal Mail’s Degaute Gives Way to New Generation
Royal Mail CEO stands aside as two of aiCIO’s Forty Under Forty take over.
aiCIO Summit: ‘Outliers Are Like Cholesterol’
There are good and bad kinds of outlier managers, according to Wake Forest CIO Jim Dunn.
aiCIO Summit: Good Governance Crucial For Successful In-House Investment
In-house investing requires clear divisions of decision making, conference hears.
aiCIO Summit: Custom Portfolio Tracking Systems
External tech providers have improved their investment dashboards, but do-it-yourself models remain popular.
aiCIO Summit: How to Sell Risk Allocation to Hesitant Boards
Speaking in trustees’ language and explaining risks are already on the table is key to implementing change, conference hears.
(Not So) Defined Benefits: A Plan to Save the PBGC
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation faces insolvency, according to a government report, which proposes linking corporate pension benefits to plan returns.
US & Europe – Who’s the Bull, Who’s the Bear?
UBS says investor sentiment depends on where in the world you are.