Chief Investment Officer

Chief Investment Officer Magazine, previously known as aiCIO, is a global finance magazine published in English by Asset International. The magazine received the Silver Ozzie Award from Folio in 2009 for "Best Design New Magazine, B-to-B." Additionally, in 2011, it was nominated for the Jesse H. Neal Award for its impressive series of articles titled "Interrogations." The content from CIO Magazine has also been featured in The Atlantic and cited in New York Magazine.

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Australia's Future Fund Makes Leadership Appointments

2 days ago | ai-cio.com | Amy Resnick

Australia's Future Fund has made three leadership appointments, filling the roles of chief financial and chief risk officer; chief people, culture and inclusion officer; and general counsel. Nancy Collins is joining the Future Fund Management Agency as CFO and chief risk officer, coming from Swinburne University of Technology, where she has served as chief operating officer since December 2019. Collins previously held senior roles at Burra Foods, Bega Cheese and Tatura Milk Industries.
Institutional Investors Drive Surge in Bond ETFs

3 days ago | ai-cio.com | Amy Resnick

Bond exchange-traded funds have been racking up investment inflows over the last few years and continue to gather steam, thanks in large part to institutional investors, according to BlackRock. The asset management giant forecasted bond ETF assets to more than triple, to $6 trillion worldwide, by the end of the decade.
CalSTRS Invests in ABS Global Investments' Emerging Markets Platform

1 week ago | ai-cio.com | Amy Resnick

The California State Teachers' Retirement System has made a $200 million investment in ABS Global Investments' ABS Insights Emerging Markets platform. According to ABS, its $3.7 billion emerging markets platform centers on partnering with local specialists to take advantage of their expertise and understanding of their respective markets. The platform is managed by Guilherme Ribeiro do Valle, also an ABS founding partner.
Ohio STRS' 1.5% COLA 'Doesn't Go Far Enough,' Says Retirement Group

2 weeks ago | ai-cio.com | Amy Resnick

The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio's recent approval of a 1.5% cost-of-living adjustment "doesn't go far enough," according to the Ohio Retirement for Teachers Association. According to that organization, the increase not only falls well short of inflation, which has risen 23.3% since 2020, but the adjustment also does not meet the pension fund's legal requirements.
As Many DB Plans Reach a Surplus, Plan Sponsors Have Options

2 weeks ago | ai-cio.com | Amy Resnick

As many corporate pension plans enjoy funding surpluses, plan sponsors are in a place many have not been for years: deciding how to use that money. Widespread adoption of liability-driven investing by CIOs, plus the use of alternatives and reduced exposure to equity risk, have resulted in plan surpluses for a majority of plans for the first time since 2008.
Market Volatility, Litigation Slow PRT Deal Flow

2 weeks ago | ai-cio.com | Amy Resnick

As 2025 began, it was on pace to be another robust year for pension risk transfers, in which plan sponsors move a portion or all of their defined benefit plan liabilities to an annuity arrangement at an insurer. According to the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association, PRT volume topped $50 billion in 2024, and total dollar volume for both buyout and buy-in transactions was $51.8 billion, up 14% from 2023 and just shy of 2022's record $51.9 billion.
PRT Costs Rise in March, while Volumes Fall

2 weeks ago | ai-cio.com | Matthew Toledo

Pension risk transfer transactions became slightly more expensive to complete in March, largely due to shifts in tariff policy and economic volatility. According to Milliman, the cost to offload corporate pension plan liabilities to an insurer through a PRT transaction rose to 102.5% of a plan's liabilities in March, up from 101.7% in February. Milliman also estimated the average annuity purchase cost rose to 104.3% at the end of March, up from 101.7% in February.
Cbus CIO Brett Chatfield Steps Down

2 weeks ago | ai-cio.com | Matthew Toledo

The CIO of Australia's Cbus superannuation fund, Brett Chatfield, will leave the AUD 100 billion ($64 billion) fund to take on an opportunity outside of industry superannuation, as his replacement is named. Chatfield will exit the fund he's been with for more than a decade to commence as chief investment officer of a large family office, after completing a transition to incoming CIO Leigh Gavin. Chatfield was a CIO 2018 NextGen and 40 under Forty Honoree.
Wilshire Promotes Jason Schwarz to CEO

2 weeks ago | ai-cio.com | Matthew Toledo

Investment consultant and outsourced CIO provider Wilshire Advisors LLC announced Tuesday that the firm has promoted Jason Schwarz to CEO, effective immediately, from his previous roles as president and deputy CEO. Schwarz succeeds Andy Stewart, who had served as CEO since 2023, and also assumes the role of executive chair. As deputy CEO, Schwarz oversaw Wilshire's growth and execution across its business.
Japan's GPIF Urged to Boost Domestic PE, VC Investments.

2 weeks ago | ai-cio.com | Amy Resnick

A group of ruling-party members of Japan's House of Representatives is proposing major financial reform to turn the country into an "asset management nation," while calling on its $1.7 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund to boost investments in domestic assets.