Christine Williamson

Senior Reporter, money management

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Christine is a senior reporter at Pensions & Investments whose business of money management beat includes traditional U.S. and Canadian money managers and hedge funds everywhere. She also covers U.S. pension funds, endowments and foundations. Christine joined P&I in 1988 as directory coordinator. She has a B.A. in English literature from Knox College.

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Recent Stories
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Texas County tacks on $6 million to Shine Capital commitments

Texas County & District Retirement System committed an additional $6 million to two venture capital funds managed by Shine Capital.

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Fidelity AUM rises 9% in year ended March 31

Fidelity Investments' discretionary assets under management totaled $4.3 trillion as of March 31, up 9% from a year earlier.
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Franklin is open to more acquisitions, CEO tells Morningstar conference

Franklin Resources CEO Jenny Johnson has more acquisitions in mind, especially managers in new regions, wealth managers and tech companies.
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Larry Fink: High oil, gas prices will push consumers to green alternatives

BlackRock continues to push for a clean-energy transition that could take 20 to 30 years, Larry Fink said at an MSCI climate conference.

Texas Employees commits $145 million to 2 buyout funds
Texas County & District commits $50 million to direct lending fund
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BlackRock won't back climate shareholder proposals it considers too prescriptive

BlackRock said it will not back 2022 climate-related shareholder proposals that are too prescriptive or try to micromanage companies.

GMO poaches Ontario Teachers' head of responsible investing

GMO named Margaret Ng, formerly head of responsible investing at Ontario Teachers, as its first head of ESG and sustainability.
Indiana slates $1.2 billion for alternatives
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Northwestern University CIO eyes ‘transformational' growth

CIO Amy Falls is guiding Northwestern University's endowment toward higher assets, portfolio changes and a more collaborative workforce.
Texas County & District pledges $350 million to 4 existing managers
Texas Teachers targets $74 million to 2 private equity funds
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BlackRock shuffles insurance, product management leadership

BlackRock promoted five people in its financial institutions group Americas and hired an executive as new global head of business strategy.

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Texas Employees catches flak for proxy votes against financing fossil fuel projects

Texas Employees Retirement System is on the hot seat for proxy votes asking banks to stop financing new fossil-fuel energy projects.

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Northern Trust's Shundrawn Thomas leaving to start new venture

Shundrawn A. Thomas, president of Northern Trust Asset Management, will leave the money manager June 1 to pursue an outside opportunity.