Charles Skorina & Company

In this issue:

Farouki Majeed - a CalPERS vet heads back to Ohio

Interview with Peter Stein: an endowment CIO reinvents himself

Risk management: strategic or tactical?

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In this issue: Mr Henry moves to Hershey, Hedge Fund smoke, I need a Fund of Funds Pro

Eric Henry lands a sweet job in Hershey, PA

Are Hedge Funds returns just a mirage?

Skorina needs a senior Fund of Hedge Funds pro

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Shawn Wischmeier's big money move, more Performance for pay, Australian "supers", the wave of the future:

Our performance-for-pay index revisited

More pay, less pain: Shawn Wischmeier is new CIO at Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

Are Australian "supers" the future of pensions? Interview with Hazel McNeilage, former COO of QIC

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Performance for pay: Is your CIO cost-effective?

(Check the 3 charts below)

For our internal use and to help our clients, we compile data and track the performance of hundreds of CIOs and asset managers. Recently, we extracted and published a list of the 50 highest-paid nonprofit CIOs, which some readers seemed to like.

This time, we've started with that same list and tried to answer the question: who among these well-paid managers provides the most performance relative to their paychecks?

Specifically, we looked at their investment returns over the most recent five years, computed how many basis points they earned per $100 thousand of compensation, and then ranked them all by that measure of performance-for-pay.

We'll have more to say about what it all means further below. But, without further ado, here's the ranking of the highest-paid nonprofit CIOs according to the almost-famous Skorina Performance-for-Pay Index.

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Pushing back on fees; Talking to the top guns

Comings and goings: Alaska, New York, Illinois, California, and Connecticutt

What we're reading: Pushing back on private equity and hedge fund fees

The view from Phoenix: A conversation with Paul Matson, AZ Retirement System

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