
James Comtois
Senior Reporter at Institutional Investor
James Comtois is a Reporter at Pensions & Investments.
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1 month ago |
institutionalinvestor.com | James Comtois
Following the recent departure of one of its chief investment officers, the family office of Walmart heir Lukas Walton has promoted the remaining CIO to lead a newly consolidated investment team. Builders Vision has promoted Noelle Laing to the sole CIO of the impact investment firm. Previously, the family office used a dual CIO model in which Laing served as investment chief for the philanthropic arm — Builders Initiative — while Rebecca Carland oversaw the asset management division.
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1 month ago |
institutionalinvestor.com | James Comtois
Trade tensions are driving volatility within markets, but large asset owners remain sanguine about shorter-term market moves and are doubling down on private credit. Results of a new survey released by Mercer show that 70 percent of asset owners with at least $20 billion intend to increase allocations to private debt in the next 12 months, and 63 percent plan to invest more heavily in infrastructure.
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1 month ago |
institutionalinvestor.com | James Comtois
After a rebranding and restructuring, Wilshire Advisors has promoted its president and deputy CEO Jason Schwarz to CEO. He succeeds Andy Stewart, who will become executive chairman. Schwarz said in a statement that he’s looking to expand the firm’s offerings and build on Stewart’s legacy, while working to deepen client relationships.
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1 month ago |
institutionalinvestor.com | James Comtois
A perfect storm of geopolitical challenges and an intensifying ESG backlash has led investors to pull a record amount from global sustainable funds in the first quarter. But the state of funds that identify investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors is not entirely clear. The outflows come even as large asset owners, such as New York City’s pension funds, have doubled down on their commitments to sustainable investments amid the contentious debate.
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1 month ago |
institutionalinvestor.com | James Comtois
A perfect storm of geopolitical challenges and an intensifying ESG backlash has led investors to pull a record amount from global sustainable funds in the first quarter. But the state of funds that identify investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors is not entirely clear. The outflows come even as large asset owners, such as New York City’s pension funds, have doubled down on their commitments to sustainable investments amid the contentious debate.
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Pennsylvania Public Schools appoints interim CIO https://t.co/45xoLfjm5c via @pensionsnews

Alts firms' assets grew in 3rd quarter as capital markets were flat or fell https://t.co/GsvhnegiyK via @pensionsnews

Women-, minority-owned managers seeing little progress in share of AUM https://t.co/ikV29jHYAt via @pensionsnews