SWIB praises tech overhaul
Portfolio-level views of risk and alpha-generating strategies help explain why the State of Wisconsin Investment Board says its technology refresh has already paid for itself.
ESG scrutiny hits private markets
Listed assets aren’t the only investments under more scrutiny. As funds strive for sustainability, they are now applying that rigour even to notoriously opaque classes such as private equity.
CalPERS stays the course with portfolio
The $350 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s new portfolio will look more like the current one than other options. The pick balanced portfolio risk with liability concerns.
Principles to guide investment
Investors will play a major role, whether active or passive, in climate change mitigation. To enable prudent decision-making, we propose three physically based engagement principles that could be used to assess whether an investment is consistent with a long-term climate goal.
Managers perform for Texas Teachers
Manager selection led to nearly three-quarters of outperformance for Texas Teachers in 2017 as the fund beat its benchmark by 168 basis points.
Investors face unprecedented change
AustralianSuper CIO Mark Delaney and CFSGAM’s Mark Lazberger told the CFA Australian Investment Conference that everything from technology to diversity was evolving to reshape the profession.
