The newly appointed senior investment officer of the alternative investments management program at CalPERS, Real Desrochers, will have authority and management delegation reinstated after it was withdrawn when the former SIO resigned amid a fraud lawsuit.
It’s well-known that girls have always had a not-so-secret camaraderie with diamonds, now it seems the fund world is getting in on the benefits of that acquaintance. Diamonds are the icon of a harmonious bond, and the relationship between Harry Winston Diamond Corporation and Diamond Asset Advisors makes that symbol literal.
Setting a new asset allocation is one thing, implementing it is another thing altogether. CalPERS expects to have its new asset allocation implementation policies completed by the beginning of July, so head of asset allocation, Farouki Majeed, discusses the challenge.
A successful tactical bet by the investment team of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas fuelled a heated debate at the April investment committee meeting which concluded with chief investment officer, Britt Harris, dismissing the need for more flexibility in the fund’s policy statement.
Is the choice between a cap-weighted or fundamental index really going to result in more goals (or alpha), or is it just shifting the posts? It doesn’t really matter what you choose as your benchmark – it is exactly that, a benchmark. A point of reference. But if what you are deciding is the choice
Can large sophisticated investors beat the market? And possibly more insightfully, how do they beat the market? These questions are explored in a recent ICPM research paper – asset allocation and performance of pension funds. Amanda White spoke to one of the authors, Aleksandar Andonov from Maastricht University.
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