Barry B. Burr

Contributing Editor

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Barry, who retired in 2016 after more than 30 years at P&I, writes the publication’s editorials. He has received, among other awards, the Northwestern University Medill School/Strong Funds award for editorial columns and the Peter Lisagor award for editorials.

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Recent Stories
Chicago Teachers explores search for passive core fixed-income managers

Chicago Public School Teachers' Pension & Retirement Fund has issued an RFI for managers to run up to $400 million total in passive core fixed income.

Global political risk, currencies to drive economy
Wisconsin Investment Board allocates $940 million to 10 managers

State of Wisconsin Investment Board has invested or committed a total of $940 million in hedge funds, real estate and private equity in the three months ended Sept. 30, a report shows.

BlackRock

Getting its corporate arms around a U.S. institutional investment-related workforce of 2,095 to promote a culture of putting clients first, while trying to balance the professional development and personal lifestyle of employees is a challenge BlackRock Inc. embraces.

William Blair Investment Management

For William Blair Investment Management LLC, the key elements in building a global investment management firm are its people and its corporate culture promoting teamwork that is entrepreneurial, collaborative and collegial. The Chicago-based firm, a four-time winner in Pensions & Investments' Best Places to Work in Money Management survey, embraces meritocracy, “encouraging people to put forward their best” and compensating them well for doing so, said John R. Ettelson, president and CEO.

Iowa to put $1.3 billion in alternatives commitments up for grabs, eyes smart beta allocation

Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System authorized or is considering searches in four separate asset classes that could involve upward of $1.3 billion in assets total over the next year.

Wells Fargo agrees to separate chairman and CEO roles after pressure from asset owners

Wells Fargo & Co. will separate the chairman and CEO roles, a move adopted after the Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds and four other institutional investors jointly filed a shareholder proposal calling for the company to adopt such a board leadership structure.

Johnson Controls charges up $311 million pension contribution for current fiscal year

Johnson Controls Inc. expects to contribute $311 million to its defined benefit plans in its current fiscal year, ending Sept. 30, 2017, up 127% from the previous fiscal year.
CFA Institute gives ESG expanded weight in exam

The CFA Institute is bolstering the environmental, social, governance curriculum in its Chartered Financial Analyst examinations.

Investment consultants try to keep clients grounded in reality

Investment consultants face challenges as bearers of bad news in assisting asset-owner clients grappling with lower capital market expectations that are pushing them to extend risk exposures to reach assumed returns.

Florida looking for pool of auditors for internally managed real estate portfolio
Investment pros share lessons learned in 30 years of work
Market's post-election moves leave little room for bargain hunting
U.S. assets managed under ESG principles up nearly 33% — US SIF report

U.S.-domiciled assets under management invested under environmental, social and governance factors totaled $8.72 trillion at the start of 2016, a 32.7% increase from the start of 2014, according to a report from the US SIF Foundation released Monday.

Principal tops rankings of proxy voting aligned with climate-risk mitigation issues

Principal Global Investors ranked first among 30 of the largest investment managers in casting proxy votes to align with climate-risk mitigation issues at companies with large carbon footprints in the oil and gas and utility sectors, said a report from 50/50 Climate Project released Wednesday.