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By: James Comtois
New data from two investment giants show that U.S. corporate pensions are in a better position than they've ever been. That said, a significant portion of pensions — of all sizes — still struggle with funding issues.
By: James Comtois
Portfolios concentrated in U.S. tech stocks should diversify to real assets before the AI bubble bursts, according to Cambridge Associates.
Being named a Rising Star by Institutional Investor is a meaningful recognition for each of the recipients. But the category carries weight beyond individual achievement. It reflects a view by allocators that leadership is built early and that decisions made at this stage can shape outcomes for decades and have real-world implications.
A little over a year ago, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System committed $200 million to an emerging markets strategy from ABS Global Investments — its first commitment to the manager of managers. Now, that mandate has expanded into a more integrated partnership between the two entities where the emerging markets specialist serves as a consulting partner to the $408 billion pension plan’s global equity team.
By: James Comtois
Smaller endowments and foundations are rapidly increasing their investments in private markets, closing a gap that long separated them from the largest institutions.
Asset managers aren’t investing as aggressively in artificial intelligence as the hype might suggest.
By: James Comtois
Since David Kushner joined the City of Austin Employees' Retirement System (COAERS) as chief investment officer in 2022, he has built the pension's private markets system from the ground up. Now that the foundation has been laid and the infrastructure is in place, Kushner is ready to make deals.
By: James Comtois
After seeing big increases in lower middle market co-investments in 2020 and 2021, Cambridge Associates is now witnessing a similar surge in late-stage venture capital deals.
By: James Comtois
After building the Illinois Police Officers' Pension Investment Fund from scratch since joining in May 2021 as the plan's debut investment chief, Kent Custer is ready to make sizeable investments in private markets and active international equities—all while remaining “very prudent and risk aware.”
By: James Comtois
Goldman Sachs' latest OCIO wins highlight that even some companies with the most sophisticated and well-resourced pensions are concluding that managing retirement assets in-house is no longer worth the cost and complexity.
