Pensions & Investments Podcast Series

Listen in as top institutional investment pros like TCW's Jeffrey Gundlach, Morgan Stanley's Martin Liebowitz and GMO's Jeremy Grantham give us their opinion on the credit crisis and their outlooks for stocks and bonds in the second half. Here's a hint: The crisis isn't over and investment returns are likely to be hard to come by.

Listen to our interview with the soon-to-be global head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt as he talks about plotting a course through changing and volatile markets.

Last year, the top 100 U.S. corporate pension plans had a total funding surplus of $111 billion, a dramatic turnaround from just two years earlier, when they had an aggregate deficit of $51 billion. Rising discount rates, used to calculate liabilities helped, as did solid returns on their assets. In this podcast, Pensions & Investments' Rob Kozlowski takes us through the numbers and provides insight as to whether the good times will continue.

Hear the story behind the numbers in this year's edition of Pensions & Investments' annual ranking of the largest U.S. money managers. In this program, we not only uncovered the big trends in the industry but we also identified where institutional investors are moving their assets and what's driving them to do so.

Hear mathematician Robert Algren talk about the groundbreaking work he's done analyzing the cost of trading stocks and how a good execution strategy helps enhance a portfolio's overall performance.

For chief executives of investment firms, few relationships are as important to their personal success and that of their companies as those forged with independent advisors - the powers behind teh thrones. Hear directly from some of the power brokers identified by Pensions & Investments.

James Delaplane, a partner in the benefits group at Davis & Harman in Washington, gave the keynote speech at Pensions &Investments' DC East conference on March 3. Hear Mr. Delaplane address legislative and regulatory developments regarding defined contribution plan fee discolusre. He also gives a look forward to DC plan policy and the 2008 elections.