In our exclusive conversation from 2024 that shaped the year with Chris Ailman, CIO of CalSTRS, he discusses the intersection of debt, climate change, and what it takes to be an effective CIO.

A look back at 2024, as Bob Fontana, Chief Investment Officer at Investors Trust Company, delves into the outlook for the last year’s markets, explores disruptive healthcare trends, shares thoughts on private credit, and discusses the evolving role of artificial intelligence in investment strategies.

Gary Bruebaker, retired Washington State InvestmentBoard (WSIB) Chief Investment Officer, imparts lessons learned on how hedeveloped one of the most successful funds in state history after receiving theLifetime Achievement award. During his career, he mentored both Marcie Frost,CEO of CalPERS and Allyson Tucker, CEO of WSIB. After he retired, his fund, nowled by Allyson Tucker and Chris Hanak, was one of the few to show positivereturns for the challenging fiscal year in 2022. Interview by Christine Giordano.

A Look Back at 2024: Navigating Equity Markets with Daniel Dusina

As market dynamics continue to evolve—especially in equities across the U.S. and overseas—we’re revisiting insights from Daniel Dusina, Chief Investment Officer at Blue-Chip Partners. In this conversation, recorded last year, Daniel shares his approach to equity allocations, manager selection, and strategic initiatives since stepping into the CIO role.

After the City of Detroit filed the largest bankruptcy in municipal history, and did not make pension contributions for 10 years, it hired Lorenzo Newsome as chief investment officer for the Police and Fire Retirement System. Watch what he's up to, the special dashboard he built to communicate with his board, and what it's like to be a one person investment team for The Police and Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit.

An investment strategy review of with Jeb Burns, Chief Investment Officer of Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Michigan, including private equity, commodities, emerging markets, election investing, where he outsources to investment managers and how he finds talent.

David Smith dives deep into healthcare, one of the darlings of PE allocations in the current environment. He opens up about asub-sectors and sub-strategies which work well for the allocators. He further talks about how technology has driven healthcare to its full potential. Catch him talk about manager selection, PE investments and more.

As a strategic investor, Tim Barrett discusses recent allocations, what he's watching, what looks promising, his recruiting process, and the scariest and most rewarding moments of his career. He is one of the few who has been a chief investment officer at a public plan, a corporate plan and now, an endowment.

One of the most influential chief investment officers in the industry discusses what she sees as threats to the industry, what she looks for in managers, how she mentors, her work in creating lifetime income for all workers, her career advice, and making changes on a national scale as a Presidential appointee to the PBGC.