Aaron M. Cunningham

Aaron M. Cunningham

Director of Research & Analytics

Aaron is responsible for developing and overseeing the Research Center and P&IQ. He joined P&I in 2008 as data editor, where he developed graphic content and analysis. Aaron has a B.S. in Business Administration, finance concentration, from Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he graduated summa cum laude. He also has a M.S. in Accountancy from Loyola University Chicago, where he graduated with High Dean's Honors. He obtained the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation in 2010.

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Recent Stories

Tech market cap soaring

Technology companies continue to see their market capitalizations soar in the latest market recovery.

U.S. midcap, small-cap stocks might benefit from mean reversion

Driven by growth technology companies, large-cap stocks have outpaced their midcap and small-cap equity peers.

OCIO managers continue to grow assets

Outsourcing managers currently oversee about $2 trillion in assets, a blistering increase from $599 billion in 2011.

Defined contribution tailwinds lead to changes in manager growth

The shift in retirement capital to defined contribution plans shows client composition is key when evaluating external managers’ health.

Review of active vs. passive over the past decade

Large-cap U.S. equity assets increasingly are shifting to passive strategies, a contrast to fixed income, which remains largely active.

Pension risk transfer insurer ranking

The pension risk transfer market has more than 30 insurance companies but most of the transactions are concentrated among just five insurers.

Public DB plans get what they allocate for

Seeking to meet return objectives, public DB plans have steadily shifted to equities and alternatives, and away from fixed income and cash.

P&I resources can give a leg up in winning new business

Corporations continue to shift defined benefit risk to insurers

Private funds continue to raise capital at a brisk pace

2018 money manager data available

The 2019 Pensions & Investments money manager data, with an as of date of Dec. 31, 2018, are now live in the P&I Research Center.

Pensions & Investments to launch new databases

Pensions & Investments will soon launch a new database to cover private funds closings, tracking back to 2010.Assets invested in private equity, credit strategies, real assets and real estate have soared over the past decade. The database will track large institutional funds with more than $1 billion in total commitments. This is the first database that will utilize P&I's new design of the Research Center, a project that provided more data points and increased analytics.

Hal, the pres tweeted so rebalance my K

Defined contribution record keepers have begun to integrate with personal digital assistants. In Pensions & Investments' latest survey, six of 36 record keepers reported integration with a digital assistant. The record keepers with integration are some of the largest companies, including Fidelity Investments, TIAA-CREF and Alight Solutions. Voice-activated digital assistants can reach almost 40 million participants with more than $3.5 trillion in assets.