Asset owners zero in on managers’ fees

One hundred us dollar bills background. Great use for money, finance and wealth related concepts.

Amanda White

February 10, 2017

Save Article

Asset owners plan to put more pressure on fund man

Continue Reading

A Top1000funds.com subscription unlocks the full article

Join the global institutional investment platform read by the world's largest asset owners, fund managers and consultants.

New here

Create an account

Complimentary to register. We'll verify your details and grant access to the archive, our newsletters and the Asset Owner Directory (enhanced features coming soon).

Already a member

Sign in

Already activated your account? Sign in to continue reading and access your saved articles, preferences and member-only content.

Asset owners get permanent complimentary access. Learn more about memberships

Casey Quirk, CIO Sentiment Survey, costs, Deloitte, fees, manager fee negotiations, MERs, Tyler Cloherty

CalPERS’ private markets chief: TPA won’t disrupt PE commitment pacing

Darcy Song

August 20, 2026

Lesson learned: How allocators can turn investment experience into a value-creation edge

Darcy Song

August 20, 2026

An announcement from the editor

Amanda White

August 19, 2026

LPPI: Keeping AI risk in check

Sarah Rundell

August 18, 2026

Future Fund looks to slash external tech spend in cost-cutting drive

Australia's Future Fund is hoping to find tens of millions in cost savings by consolidating arrangements with external data and tech providers and putting a number of roles under review as it reconsiders resourcing in a volatile investment environment that it “expects to endure”.

Lachlan Maddock

April 15, 2026

Investor Profile

Sweden’s FTN focuses on fees and returns in latest procurement

Sarah Rundell

March 05, 2026

FIS Toronto 2024

Solid foundations allow Canadian funds to innovate and grow

Simon Hoyle

June 11, 2024

Featured Story

Behind CalSTRS’ cost savings: Better returns and control of risks

Amanda White

December 11, 2023

Asset Allocation

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

Sarah Rundell

September 12, 2023

Sort content by

Investor Profile

Why small is beautiful at Illinois’ IMRF

The $42 billion Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund is dedicated to investing in emerging managers with a commitment of 22 per cent of its total portfolio. The relationship with minority and women-owned managers is mutually beneficial. Sarah Rundell talks to head of the IMRF emerging managers program and the co-chief investment officer of equities at one of its managers, Piedmont.

Sarah Rundell

May 20, 2019

Investor Profile

Oregon makes fees work

The $77. 3 billion Oregon Public Employee Retirement Fund has continued to achieve top decile returns at the same time as de-risking and reconstituting half its giant portfolio.

Sarah Rundell

April 22, 2019

Fees

Does it pay to pay performance fees?

A new study finds no statistical evidence that returns of pension funds that pay performance fees for active investing are significantly higher or lower than the returns of pension funds that don't.

Dirk Broeders, David Rijsbergen and Arco van Oord

March 12, 2019

Asset Classes

Dutch trio launches PE co-investment

The Netherlands’ Achmea Investment Management, Blue Sky Group and SPF Beheer have teamed up on a joint investment platform designed to lower fees and expand opportunities in private equity. Jos van Gisbergen, senior portfolio manager for private equity at Achmea, explains how it works.

Sarah Rundell

January 31, 2019

Strategy

2018 CIO sentiment survey

The annual Chief Investment Officer Sentiment Survey, conducted by conexust1f.flywheelstaging.com and Casey Quirk, a practice of Deloitte Consulting, has revealed a global asset owner community that is less tolerant of risk and more interested in negotiating fees.

Amanda White

January 31, 2019

Manager Relationships

Strong partnerships and brown M&M’s

In the debut of this new regular series, we examine the relationships that evolved as Textron’s pension fund and Palisade Capital Management developed a new bespoke investment strategy.

Sarah Rundell

January 25, 2019

Previous Next

Login with account details

Asset owners zero in on managers’ fees

Continue Reading

A Top1000funds.com subscription unlocks the full article

Create an account

Sign in

Leave a Comment Cancel reply

More from this fund

Sort content by

Fiduciary Investors Podcast Series

Subscribe now to

Become a member and subscribe