Aksia's Jim Vos: "We don't simplify things" 1 Mar 2010 | 01:00 pm

Aksia's reputation soared when a warning not to invest in Madoff became public last year, and the firm has taken off. The consultant talks about the next red flags, how fees are changing and how Aksia...

Alaska Retirement changes fund of funds roster 1 Mar 2010 | 01:00 pm

Turmoil at Cadogan led the Alaska Retirement Management Board to shake up its whole portfolio.

AC shutters emerging-manager FoF 2 Feb 2010 | 01:00 pm

The fund invested in small emerging managers and was not limited to the commodities sector.

San Joaquin County preps hedge fund portfolio 1 Feb 2010 | 01:00 pm

The new 7% portfolio is the pension fund's first formal allocation to hedge funds.

Sandalwood taps Robert Wood Johnson Exec. Mihir Meswani for institutional push (Magazine Version) 1 Feb 2010 | 01:00 pm

The Allocator: FRM's Patric de Gentile-Williams 27 Jan 2010 | 01:00 pm

FRM plans to invest between $700 million and $1 billion, with an average allocation of around $50 million to each manager.

South Carolina goes the direct route 18 Dec 2009 | 01:00 pm

CIO Borden says trimming funds of funds should boost returns, cut costs.

Philadelphia finds more control and lower fees with hedge funds 29 Oct 2009 | 11:00 am

Philadelphia puts its money into single-manager funds to get more control, better access & lower fees.

Portable Alpha Pothole: Colorado Fire and Police moves into absolute return vehicles 23 Sep 2009 | 12:00 pm

Instead of controlling risk, portable alpha added to it, largely because of the leverage involved.

The Calpers challenge 25 Aug 2009 | 12:00 pm

The biggest U.S. pension plan is dumping celebrated names, demanding more power and making plans to run money itself.