Rick Baert

Senior reporter, money management

[email protected]

312-649-5480

Rick started at P&I in 2000. He became a reporter in 2013, after serving as P&I Daily editor and then news editor. He previously was a news and business copy desk chief at the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago for 15 years and an overnight city editor of the City News Bureau of Chicago. Rick has a B.A. in communications and an M.A. in political science from Northern Illinois University.

See All Staff Page
Recent Stories
Technology illustration
Further digitization on the horizon for investing

The use of technology in institutional portfolios is expected to grow, revolving on efficient data analysis, customization and digitization.
COVID-19 pandemic on world map background
Pandemic shines spotlight on benefits of tech for asset managers and owners

Technology's use during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown institutional investors how valuable and applicable innovation can be.
Chris Phillips
Washington board targets $7 million for technology, data advancements

WSIB has budgeted $7 million over the next two years to developing data warehousing, performance measurement and risk analytic capabilities.
CDPQ CEO touts light rail as a return generator

CDPQ's chief executive hopes that building a light-rail system is an idea that can be exported.
Global Atlantic selects deputy CIO

Anup Agarwal was named deputy chief investment officer at Global Atlantic Financial Group.
MarketAxess taps former Cboe exec as new president, COO

Chris Concannon was named president and chief operating officer of electronic fixed-income trading and data provider MarketAxess Holdings.
Reduction in revenue puts retention of talent at risk

Competition for investment management talent could hurt margins at money managers.
Quebec fund aids journalism group with scholarships

Quebec pension manager puts its money behind budding journalists.
Firms to launch equity exchange in bid to compete against NYSE, Nasdaq

A group of money managers, broker-dealers, market-makers and others plan to launch an equity exchange to compete with the NYSE and Nasdaq.
Canada plans' funding levels hurt by fourth-quarter equity rout

Canadian public and corporate pension plans' median funding levels plunged in the fourth quarter, hurt by a decline in equity investments.
Money managers face reduced margins in 2019

If institutional money managers had a tough time being profitable in 2018, this year could be even harder.
Greenwich: LIBOR replacements, data applications among market structure forecasts for 2019

Shifts in derivatives and fixed-income valuation benchmarks to replace LIBOR are among the trends in market structure forecast for 2019.
Index investing: Not as passive as you might think

Index investing is passive in name only, a University of Toronto professor argues.
Voya CEO sees bright future for firm

Voya Investment Management CEO sees 'an exciting time' ahead in building the firm's business.
Believers say AI could soften market volatility, not amplify it

Artificial intelligence seen as possibly soothing the savagely volatile equity markets.