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Alpha at the core: CERN pension fund's investment approach
Elena Manola-Bonthond, CIO of the CERN Pension Fund, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the fund’s approach to investing in private markets and the years ahead
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CERN pension fund on path to integrate climate risks in investment portfolio
The scheme completed a climate impact analysis in addition to a carbon footprint and transition pathway study to gauge climate risks
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IPE Conference: Pension fund CIOs keep faith in alternatives
CERN pension fund and Denmark’s Industriens Pension still see opportunities in private assets
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Fiorino: Where physics meets finance
Fiorino visits Switzerland to uncover the hidden links between the most successful particle physics theory to date and the ongoing Basel bank capital risk management experiment (now in version IV)…
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People moves: Former Lothian scheme chief starts CERN role
CERN, Hymans Robertson, Neuberger Berman, HSBC AM, Climate Group, RadiantESG, Aegon AM, Impax
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CERN pension fund CEO to step down
Eyton-Jones plans to relocate from Switzerland to the UK next year
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Segars, Hilka join CERN pension fund board
The UK-German duo replaces Adrian Cunningham and John Breckenridge
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CERN pension fund CIO to chair new SBAI body
Standard-setter creates committee dedicated to EMEA region
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CERN pension fund seeks new professional board members
Adrian Cunningham and John Breckenridge are serving their last three-year term
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CERN gains from real estate revaluations to post 1.3% 2018 return
Northern Trust’s appointment as custodian helped address an ‘operational constraint’ in real asset investments for the scientific research institute’s pension fund
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CERN seeks external expert for investment committee
Candidate should have ‘board level experience and a good working knowledge of investment committees’
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CERN pension fund appoints new custodian after 'extensive review'
Plus: academic Jacob Bjorheim named as external expert on investment committee
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CERN pension fund appoints CEO following Economou departure
Chief executive joins nuclear research facility’s pension fund after time at UK retailer, Mercer
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Economou to step down at Switzerland's CERN next year
Chief executive and CIO will not seek re-appointment to current position, whose tenure ends in August 2015
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On The Record: CERN Pension Fund Switzerland, Théodore Economou, CEO
As an investor, I focus on managing risk as well as return. Going forward, simply beating the index will no longer be enough, and that is why they will have to focus on risk-management in portfolio construction. At the same time, I believe it is important to look at the long-term cycle, as there is value added in identifying long-term risks and trends.
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CERN Pension Fund builds up PE portfolio with Keensight investment
Swiss pension scheme to invest CHF70m per annum in private equity over next few years
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Grégoire Haenni: How Switzerland’s CPEG is building resilience
Grégoire Haenni, CIO of CPEG, the public pension fund for the Swiss canton of Geneva, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about his views about markets and the fund’s sustainability journey
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Fiorino: banks versus shadow banks, a heavyweight battle emerges from new financial fields
Money gives weight to power, with the all-pervasive field of banking typically behind this transformation. However, as Fiorino discovers, a previously hidden force in the banking universe is now revealing its massive influence…
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CERN pension fund sees personnel changes
[16:00 CEST 18-08] SWITZERLAND – The pension fund for the Council of European Nuclear Research (CERN) workers is finalising changes to its trustee management and staffing arrangements, as Richard Balfe is now a director of the fund, and a new manager is joining to head up the plan team.