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Reporter at Chief Investment Officer covering asset owners, institutional investing, financial markets & more https://www.ai-cio.com/
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Two years ago all these JD Vance memes would be NFTs
March 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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With Interest Rates Elevated, It’s Time for Fixed Income | Chief Investment Officer

Investors are upping their allocations and focused largely on U.S.-based investments.

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With Interest Rates Elevated, It’s Time for Fixed Income | Chief Investment Officer
Investors are upping their allocations and focused largely on U.S.-based investments.
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March 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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With Interest Rates Elevated, It’s Time for Fixed Income | Chief Investment Officer

Investors are upping their allocations and focused largely on U.S.-based investments.

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With Interest Rates Elevated, It’s Time for Fixed Income | Chief Investment Officer
Investors are upping their allocations and focused largely on U.S.-based investments.
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March 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Could Retirement Finance Reform Reboot the European Economy? The Jasper Forum’s John Mitchem writes in an op-ed for CIO

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Could Retirement Finance Reform Reboot the European Economy? | Chief Investment Officer
A solution answer may lie in rethinking pension finance—specifically, a major expansion of funded retirement solutions such as defined contribution workplace savings.
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March 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Legal & General will sell its U.S. insurance business, including a 20% stake in its pension risk transfer business to Meiji Yasuda

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Legal & General to Sell 20% Stake in PRT Business to Meiji Yasuda | Chief Investment Officer
In addition to the pension risk transfer stake, the Japanese insurer will acquire all of L&G’s U.S. protection business in a total $2.3 billion deal.
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February 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Institutional investors see a rebound ahead in commercial real estate | Chief Investment Officer

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Institutional Investors See Resilience in Commercial Real Estate | Chief Investment Officer
While the industry is forever changed following the pandemic, portfolio managers expect a rebound ahead.
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February 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Trump Signs Executive Order to Establish US Sovereign Wealth Fund

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Trump Signs Executive Order to Establish US Sovereign Wealth Fund | Chief Investment Officer
The fund, about which there are few details, will be established by the Treasury and Commerce departments over the next 12 months.
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February 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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The University of California San Diego Foundation takes the spot for a second year in a row as the top performing university endowment with a 15.5% return, according to NEPC.

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UCSD Foundation Repeats as Best-Performing University Endowment in Fiscal 2024 | Chief Investment Officer
Smaller, equity-heavy funds outpaced larger endowments with higher private market allocations during a boom year for artificial intelligence and tech stocks, per NEPC.
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January 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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BlackRock has exited the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, an organization of 325 signatories representing $57.5 trillion in assets under management committed to achieving net-zero targets by 2050

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BlackRock Exits Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative | Chief Investment Officer
The $11.5 trillion asset manager leaves amidst an ongoing pushback against ESG investing.
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January 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Equity Strength May Come From More Than Just Mag 7 in 2025

Investors expect a stock rally to continue in 2025, fueled by deregulation and tax cuts, while watching policy closely.

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Equity Strength May Come From More Than Just Mag 7 in 2025 | Chief Investment Officer
Investors expect a stock rally to continue in 2025, fueled by deregulation and tax cuts, while watching policy closely.
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January 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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What is the optimal allocation to Bitcoin in a multi-asset portfolio? 1-2%, says BlackRock

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BlackRock Identifies 1% to 2% as Optimal Bitcoin Allocation | Chief Investment Officer
Institutional adoption of the digital asset can dampen its volatility, according to a paper from the asset manager.
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December 16, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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BlackRock will add $148 billion in assets through its announced acquisition of private credit manager HPS investment Partners

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BlackRock More Than Doubles Private Credit Business With HPS Investment Partners Acquisition | Chief Investment Officer
The deal to purchase the private credit manager for $12 billion will see BlackRock’s credit assets grow by $148 billion.
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December 3, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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Swedish pension fund AP7 ($100B+ AUM) added two oil producers to its exclusion list, for failing to make climate transition plans according to the Paris Agreement.

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Sweden’s AP7 Blacklists 2 Oil Producers | Chief Investment Officer
The pension fund added MEG Energy from Canada and EOG Resources from the U.S. to its banned ledger of 110 companies.
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December 3, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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Global Geopolitical Realignment Has Long-Term Investing Implications | Chief Investment Officer

Investors are seeking safe havens and new geographic opportunities as the world becomes more fractured.

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Global Geopolitical Realignment Has Long-Term Investing Implications | Chief Investment Officer
Investors are seeking safe havens and new geographic opportunities as the world becomes more fractured.
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December 2, 2024 at 3:37 PM