5 Questions
5 Questions With TIFF Investment Management CIO Jay Willoughby

Willoughby serves as cio at outsourced cio TIFF Investment Management and chair of its investment committee. He took the time to answer 5 Questions with FIN News.

12.12.24
Consultant/OCIO/Discretionary
Midwest Pension To Conduct General Consultant Search

The plan also received an update on its global equity manager search at a meeting yesterday.

12.13.24
Administrator/Record Keeper
Northeast Town Posts Bundled Provider RFP

The town last conducted a bundled provider search in 2017 on behalf of its deferred compensation plan.

12.13.24
People Moves
Midwest State Plan To Lose CFOO

The chief financial operating officer will be leaving “to take another opportunity outside of the agency.”

12.13.24
People Moves
TCW Emerging Market Debt PMs To Retire

The duo are lead portfolio managers on two of the firm’s emerging market debt funds.

12.13.24
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Alternatives
Calif. Pension Plan Adds Commitments

The pension plan was notified of seven commitments totaling $2.2 billion at its Dec. 11 board of investments meeting.

12.13.24
Passive Fixed-Income
Midwest Pension To Replace Passive Global Inflation-Linked Bond Mgr.

The plan’s board voted today to replace the incumbent with a comparable provider.

12.13.24
In The News
The Case for Outsourced Chief Investment Officers: A Conversation with Patrick Decker

According to Patrick Decker, head of institutional OCIO at Wilmington Trust, nonprofits are increasingly turning to this model for professional investment and governance management. Decker makes a case that this model is a great way for foundations to reassess strategic plans, endowment strategies and fundraising goals during times of financial stress.

Inside Philanthropy
Hollins Asks To Expand Pay-To-Play Investigation To Whitmire’s State Of The City Address

City Controller Chris Hollins wants any investigation into his office’s fundraising practices to extend to the Mayor’s State of the City event, he said in a letter to the Office of Inspector General and City Council Ethics Committee.

Houston Landing
Q&A with WashU’s Chief Investment Officer Scott Wilson

Wilson, who oversees the St. Louis-based university’s approximatley $2.5 billion endowment, speaks about managing the portfolio in today’s market.

Abrdn to launch AI tool with Edinburgh University

Abrdn, the UK-listed fund management group, is working with the University of Edinburgh to develop a generative AI tool with a “statistical brain” to work alongside its investment research team.

Financial News London
RFP: Transitional Manager Services, New York State Insurance Fund

NYSIF is seeking proposals from qualified firms capable of providing transitional manager services.

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