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For its most recent fiscal year, the pension giant paid $1.6 billion in fees, with close to 90% of that money going to the real estate, private equity, and egregiously pricey hedge fund managers
Candidates for the chopping block in the pension fund's strategy rethink include individual stocks and hedge funds -- and a retreat from its accustomed role as trading macher
Clients invest for the long haul and advisors have short-term revenue needs making the AUM model imperfect at best
The pension giant responds by saying that 'no specific deliverables' came out of the process
In the post-Madoff era, explicit downside is becoming more important -- and lets Aspiriant justify its $7,500 planning fee better
As a risk manager I was looking for trailblazing thinking but the bland statements of belief were quite the opposite
The $270-billion giant seems more grounded after some investing misadventures, but the unfunded-liability horse may be out of the barn
By 2020, an estimated 70% of all assets in defined contribution plans could be in target date funds -- and that's a good thing, according to the author
SEC recommendations about the inherent risk of target date funds are more controversial than their author's realize, says a veteran risk assessor
The endowment model's 20-year winning streak had consultants and asset managers imitating its high-risk strategies -- and then came the crash
After the 2008-2009 crash, many concluded that liquidity was the problem -- but what if it's old-fashioned diversification?
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