In this issue:

Cornell’s new CIO — A.J. Edwards steps up to the plate

Interview with Curtis M. Loftis — South Carolina treasurer pushes back on fees

New Search — Director of Investments for a family office

Sam Gallo, new CIO at University System of Maryland Foundation

In May I successfully concluded a search for a new chief investment officer for the University System of Maryland Foundation with the appointment of Samuel N. Gallo, CPA, CAIA, BS in finance and BS in accounting from the University of Illinois, 1999.

Leonard Raley, the president of the foundation, and David Saunders, the chairman of the investment committee (and co-founder of K-2, one of the industry’s largest fund of hedge funds) were instrumental in defining and driving the search.

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?

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

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