Sebastien Betermier Named Executive Director of ICPM

New chief has an academic background with a research focus on pension sustainability.



The International Centre for Pension Management, a global organization that connects pension leaders across over 40 funds for networking purposes, has appointed Sebastien Betermier as its new executive director.

Betermier will replace the current executive director, Rob Bauer, at the end of 2022. Bauer has served in the role since 2014.

“Though Rob Bauer leaves big shoes to fill, we know Sebastien is ideally suited to build further on the value that ICPM already brings to its global network of asset owners,” said Michelle Ostermann, ICPM board vice chair, in the press release.

Betermier has a Ph.D. in finance from UC Berkeley and is an associate professor at McGill University, where he teaches finance. His research focuses on the sustainability of pension systems and appropriate risk management. Betermier also founded and directs the McGill International Portfolio Challenge, a competition in which participants are given sustainability challenges for portfolio building.

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“I am excited to lead ICPM as it further enhances mutually beneficial collaboration among the impressive set of pension investors comprising this global network,” said Betermier in the release.

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Charles Nielsen Is Appointed CIO of Mississippi PERS

Nielsen has served the retirement system since 1998.



The Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi has appointed Charles Nielsen as its new CIO. Nielsen has been at the fund since 1998, where he started as an investment manager. He then served as interim CIO from August 2019 to February 2020, and as deputy CIO from April 2020 through this May.

“Mr. Nielsen has more than two decades of experience with PERS investments and will provide continuity and a great deal of expertise as we continue to move PERS forward,” says Ray Higgins, investment director of Mississippi PERS.

Nielsen replaces Mississippi’s previous CIO, Robert Clark, who chose to move into the private sector. Nielsen assumed the role of CIO on June 1, but his appointment was announced to the public yesterday.

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