Could the largest valuation reset in the asset class since the global financial crisis create a compelling opportunity for institutional investors?

As the private-equity exit backlog grows, the lack of distributions is hitting endowments particularly hard. A 2025 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments shows that of endowments surveyed, 54.5% of ...

The Treasury aims to make defined contribution plan mergers easier, as well as mandating retirement income for plan participants.

A change of political party control of Congress could shape fiscal policy, regulatory oversight and sector-level risks, even if inflation, interest rates and earnings remain the dominant forces ...

The proposed fund would be the first open-market collective defined contribution scheme in the UK, potentially reshaping how employers and retirees share pension risk. U.K. pension service provider ...

The funded level of the 100 largest U.S. public pension funds declined to 87.4% in September, from 89.0% in August as a result of an average 1.4% investment loss that erased $112 billion in funding, ...

Cornell University announced that its endowment earned a 16.9% return in the 2026 fiscal year, with assets rising to $13.6 billion at the end of June, up from $11.8 billion a year earlier. “In FY26, ...

The debate over private assets in defined contribution plans has focused on the wrong problem. Transparency is the stated barrier. But the more immediate challenge for DC fiduciaries and the ...

Broad market equity indexes are often used as benchmarks for investment performance evaluation. Therefore, they need to be investable, representative, transparent and rules for construction must be ...

Recent IRS notices suggest federal regulators are taking a closer look at some tax-alpha strategies and could impose additional restrictions.

They are the rising stars in the world of allocators, the folks who someday stand to become chief investment officers themselves. They possess a virtuous mixture of financial knowledge, personal ...