Organisational Design

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CalPERS next CIO: 55 applications so far and counting

The numbers behind CalPERS hunt for a new CIO: 55 applicants so far; a $300,000 budget to secure a candidate; and a process of candidates submitting to 40-odd checks including credit checks and social media history.

Sarah RundellNovember 20, 2023

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ADIA: Active management, sharper internal processes pay off

Sarah RundellOctober 19, 2023

FIS Stanford 2023

Innovate or die: Stark message to pension funds to embrace technology

Amanda WhiteOctober 13, 2023

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Texas Teachers embraces AI and talks applications and risks

Sarah RundellOctober 12, 2023

Manager Relationships

CDPQ’s two-way street of efficient external manager relations

Amanda WhiteOctober 6, 2023

FIS Stanford 2023

CPP takes a fundamentally different approach to equities

Access and analysis of unique data is key to CPP Investments’ active equities team creating “one of the most sophisticated fundamental shops in the world” head of the team Frank Ieraci told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Stanford.

Amanda WhiteOctober 5, 2023

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Operational excellence as critical as asset allocation for success

Asset allocation is often nominated as the most important element in long-term investment performance. But the Fiduciary Investor s Symposium at Stanford University heard that no investment strategy or process can operate in a vacuum – it can’t happen effectively without operational excellence.

SIMON HOYLESeptember 29, 2023

FIS Stanford 2023

AI could be ‘as big as the internet’ for investors

After a slow and steady research and development phase, the “big bang” moment of last year’s ChatGPT launch will kick off a slew of innovations that could rival the internet for their profitable application to investible businesses, says tech equity analyst Owen Hyde of Jennison Associates.

Aleks VickovichSeptember 22, 2023

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Florida SBA hikes pay levels; portfolio managers gain most

Florida State Board of Administration has significantly increased compensation for its investment professionals in line with midway pay levels at peer funds. Early stage portfolio managers see the sharpest rises reflecting competition in that corner of the market but the SBA is also paying more to its back office staff.

Sarah RundellSeptember 18, 2023

Governance

Global search begins for CEO of $166b Australian Retirement Trust

Recruitment firm Egon Zehnder has been appointed to do a global search for the next CEO of the Australian Retirement Trust following the resignation of Bernard Reilly two years after the pension fund’s formation by the merger of Sunsuper and QSuper.

Aleks VickovichSeptember 13, 2023

Asset Allocation

Penn PSERS trims leverage, adds fixed income and hones in on fees

The $71.9 billion Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System has reduced net leverage, added fixed income and continues to shave costs off its external investment management fees, mostly by reducing private allocations. The trimming and shifting of the portfolio is part of an adjusted SAA responding to ongoing market changes.

Sarah RundellSeptember 12, 2023

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CalPERS next CIO: 55 applications so far and counting

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ADIA: Active management, sharper internal processes pay off

FIS Stanford 2023

Innovate or die: Stark message to pension funds to embrace technology

Featured Story

Texas Teachers embraces AI and talks applications and risks

Manager Relationships

CDPQ’s two-way street of efficient external manager relations

FIS Stanford 2023

CPP takes a fundamentally different approach to equities

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Operational excellence as critical as asset allocation for success

FIS Stanford 2023

AI could be ‘as big as the internet’ for investors

Featured Story

Florida SBA hikes pay levels; portfolio managers gain most

Governance

Global search begins for CEO of $166b Australian Retirement Trust

Asset Allocation

Penn PSERS trims leverage, adds fixed income and hones in on fees

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